Purpose of Position

The Project Team will consist of three workers; Youth Co-op Co-ordinator (currently filled) and two CD Workers who will share all project tasks, however one worker will also have a primary role in reaching out and connecting with potential Youth Co-op participants and their networks; the other worker will have a primary role in developing and facilitating training program with young people.

Project goals are to work with young people who require support in exploring employment goals. The Project is a joint activity of Community Living Association and Nundah Community Enterprises Co-op and has been funded for 2 years by the Paul Ramsay Foundation. Community Living Association is a Developmental Organisation that works with young people with complex support needs and has worker with its constituencies to create innovative responses to issues. These have included IYHG (a person with a disability-controlled housing company), WWILD-SVA (a sexual assault response and prevention service), Nundah Community Enterprise Co-op (a Workers Cooperative) and a range of other People’s Organisation.

Skills Required

Core elements of our Developmental Practice are with empowering individual and group decisionmaking, supporting the strengthening and development of relationships at both individual level but also through group coming together for collective activity. Supporting people to individually and as groups gain control over money and resources, supporting individual and group knowledge development.

• Developmental Practice (CD) understanding and approach.
• Confidence and skills to engage in outreach and connect with young people and their networks.
• Deep listening skills.
• An understating and commitment to relationship-based practice.
• Program planning and design.
• Commitment and ability to engage constituencies in planning and design.
• Reflection.
• Ability to work as a member of team.
• Understanding of behaviour and not taking negative behaviours of others personally.
• Willingness to engage in some physical labour alongside young people engaged in training and work tasks.
• Creativity -singing, dancing, artistry, storytelling welcomed.
• Need to have holistic analysis and view of the work -if you want a narrow tightly articulated role don’t apply.
• Asking questions and seeking guidance is also a required skill.
• Experience of business and/or social enterprise operations valuable though not essential.
• Ability to gain and communicate a basic knowledge of social enterprise operations is required.

Tasks

• Outreach to young people
• Developing relationships
• Listening
• Being useful to young person
• Introducing young people to Youth Group
• Developing a paid traineeship program
• Facilitating a paid traineeship program
• Project development as member of the delivery team
• Reflection• Supporting YP move onto next step.
• Supporting YP around barriers they face in relation to employment
• Positive outcomes for YP
• Help to develop a successful / sustainable Youth Co-op enterprise

Line of authority

The team is expected to work together on a day-to-day basis the Youth Co-op Coordinator will provide guidance the team will report to an Oversight Committee.

Professional Supervise: Weekly for Probation period and then monthly.

Professional Qualification: Social Work or equivalent degree.

For job description and selection criteria contact 07 32665633 (Mandy / Beulah).

A position description is attached.