• Noarlunga/Aldinga
• Full-time position

Why join Status:

• Deliver services that support and assist young people
• Work with a well-established management team
• Do you want to play a part in making change to people’s lives?

The role:

we are excited to offer an opportunity to appoint an additional skilled Link Worker: TtW, who will join an established team delivering services to young people within the Transition to Work program in Adelaide’s South!

We are looking for the successful candidate to work across our Noarlunga and Aldinga Office.

In this role you will engage, facilitate and empower a caseload of young Participants by motivating and guiding them to develop themselves with appropriate attributes and skills that enables them to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. This includes apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities.

This role is integral to our services as we are keen to ensure sustainable outcomes for all of our Participants and will require a flexible, outcome focused individual who has a can-do attitude.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• A sound understanding of issues faced by youth, unemployed and disadvantaged people
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A high level of communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated experience in a fast paced, outcome focused environment
• An ability to work as part of a dynamic and target driven team as well as operating autonomously
• Qualifications in Employment Services, Youth Work, Training, Human Resource Management or Behavioural Sciences an advantage but not essential.
• Relevant experience in the Employment Services or similar industry (highly desirable)

Why join Our Organisation?

• Eighty9 Limited (ABN 88 485 417 134 / ACN 668 673 121) is a CLG and, as the parent entity of the Organisation, we are able to offer our permanent employees salary sacrificing benefits, including Fringe Benefit Tax exempt payments of up to $15,900 per annum
• A well-structured and supported 2 week induction program, with further training provided
• Access to our Organisations Employee Assistance Program
• Performance based incentives/rewards

About Eighty-9 Limited

The wellbeing of our staff is our number one priority. That is why we have enjoyed over 30 years of business success as an outstanding provider of employment and training services. Supported by structures and systems that have national quality assurance recognition, we provide a work environment that our staff are proud to recommend.

We invite you to review our website www.eighty9.org.au to learn more about our Organisation, its brands and why you should join us and become a valued member of our highly successful and professional team.

Job Description for the role is available at www.status.net.au.

Confidential telephone inquiries are welcome to the Human Resources on (08) 8445 2931.

All final applicants for this position will be asked to provide a current National Police Clearance and Working with Children Check. Please note that people with a criminal record are not automatically barred from applying for this position, rather the relevance will be considered as it applies to our industry.

Status is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and people from non-English speaking backgrounds to apply