• Full Time – Permanent
• Monday – Friday (38 hours per week)

Why join Status

• Provide a new and exciting support service to our youth Participants
• Work with a well-established management team
• Development Opportunities

The role

Due to the ongoing growth and success of our Transition to Work (TtW) contract, we currently have an exciting opportunity to appoint a passionate Post Placement Support Mentor: TtW to join an established and successful employment and training provider based at our Joondalup, Clarkson and Morley sites with focus on supporting our youth Participants across the Perth North region. You will join our established team delivering services to young people within the Transition to Work program!

This role will allow you to build and develop positive relationships with our Participants who are either engaged in employment or training. In addition, you would also meet with employers and training institutions, either in the specific workplace or training locations to assess and consider additional interventions that will encourage Participant engagement and therefore maximise sustainable outcomes. 

The positive relationships you build will enable you to provide effective Post Placement Support contact to Participants to ensure any workplace/school challenges are identified and remedied early. The Post Placement Support Mentor: TtW is strong on building relationships, has sound lateral thinking along with a strong focus on supporting young people to strengthen their engagement in education and employment. 

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• A solid understanding of issues faced by young people  
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• An ability to support both Participants (workers) and employers/ educators towards sustainable, long-term employment outcomes
• A driver’s licence is essential
• Developed communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with a strong emphasis on engaging young people
• Excellent organisational, administration and customer service skills
• Demonstrated experience in a fast paced, outcome focussed environment 
• 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?

• Work Monday to Friday with weekends and Public Holidays off 
• Eighty9 Limited (ABN 88 485 417 134 / ACN 668 673 121) is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) and, as the parent entity of Eighty9 Limited we are able to offer our employees salary sacrificing benefits, including Fringe Benefit Tax exempt payments of up to $15,900 per annum (Full-Time and Part-Time positions only)
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive above award hourly rates
• A two week induction is provided, along with further training 

About Us

For more than 30 years, Eighty9 Limited has been a successful not for profit Organisation with its roots firmly established in South Australia and Western Australia. We have a long history of supporting disadvantaged people, including youth throughout the communities in which we work. We are very fortunate that our employees who bring their skills and expertise, also collectively share unity and purpose.

Our success has been achieved in the delivery of government funded employment and training programs, through our brand Status, and is supported by structures and systems that have national quality assurance recognition. We provide a work environment our staff are proud to recommend. 

We invite you to visit our website at https://www.status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw/ for more information about the Transition to Work Program.

How to apply

Please apply through the "Apply Now" link, and include a letter of application and resume addressed to Human Resource and Quality Assurance Officer.

Job Description for the role is available at https://eighty9.org.au/work-with-us/

Confidential telephone inquiries are welcome to the Human Resources (08) 9344 2979.

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 for this position.