• CMY376 Youth Advocate

About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Our vision is that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are connected, empowered and influential Australians.

About Reverb

Reverb 2.0 will support the mental health and wellbeing of culturally diverse young people by implementing activities that have been co-designed to promote mental health awareness and culturally responsive care through a partnership between multicultural young people,

the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) and headspace National. Reverb uniquely places multicultural young people at the centre as experts in lived experience and advocates for change, who have co-designed and who will co-deliver the program.

The idea of Reverb came from CMY’s Youth Advisory Group initially as a Youth Led project, and we are continuing to hear that mental health is a priority area for young people in CMY’s networks.

About the Role

CMY is recruiting 16 young multicultural young people aged 18-30 years-old (including young people born in Australia with parents/caregivers with a refugee/migrant experience) to become the next group of casual Youth Advocates for the Reverb 2.0 program. The Youth Advocate position will primarily be responsible for co-facilitating Reverb 2.0 workshops, including Reverb 2.0 school workshops and Reverb 2.0 headspace centre workshops.

The role may also assist the Project Lead with the planning, and evaluation of the workshops delivered. The Youth Advocate may have the opportunity to support other areas of the Youth Participation team and more broadly CMY when opportunities arise. The program seeks to recruit Youth advocates from Victoria and New South Wales.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in a program that will directly impact young people and communities.

• Role type: Casual
• Hours: Casual - Flexibility of hours depending on the need of the program. Ability to commit to full day training/workshops on weekends.
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 1 or 2 depending on experience): $31.76 (SCHADS 1)/ $41.76 (SCHADS 2) , includes casual loading
• Location: Carlton office Victoria/ Work from home
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 2nd December

You will have:

• Passion, interest in or lived experience with mental health and wellbeing
• Understanding issues facing diverse young people, including those from multicultural, multi faith and multilingual backgrounds.
• Voluntary or professional experience, or willingness to facilitate workshops to school age students and mental health professionals.
• Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills including the confidence and willingness to engage with diverse stakeholders in person and online

For more information

• On the role, please see the position description attached below.
• On CMY, visit https://www.cmy.net.au/about-us
• Contact person for the role: Jess Case – Project Lead - Reverb, on 0448 406 677

How to Apply

• Click ‘Apply Now’ which will take you to our application form
• Follow the instructions to upload your resume and a document outlining examples/a response addressing each of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document.
• Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format
• For guidelines on how to apply for a job at CMY please read here
• For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here: Careers Vic Gov - Guide

This role is being advertised specifically for young people (18 – 30 years old) from a migrant or refugee background under Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act.

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short-listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

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