• Provide outreach to young people across Shepparton
• Increase your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits
• Part-time (0.8FTE), Max term parental leave cover until Feb 2026, based in Shepparton

Your new role

Whether you are an experienced youth worker or recently qualified and starting your career, we’d love to hear from you.

As our Detour Coach, you will focus on providing early intervention and prevention services. Using a strengths-based approach, you will help young people in the Greater Shepparton and Moira areas to develop the skills and resources they need to reach their full potential.

With your support, young people will commit to an integrated plan that creates a pathway to successful independence and connects them to their families and the community. It’s all about the right support at the right time.

About the program

Our Detour program is an early intervention program for young people aged 12-24 years and their families. The initiative aims to address potential homelessness in young people. We do this by providing intensive wrap-around coaching with individualised intensive support packages.

We are a small team, collocated with our Uniting colleagues in our brand-new office space in Maude Street Shepparton. Great work environment and lots of networking opportunities.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary + super, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Need extra time off? Buy additional leave to increase annual leave!
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

You will work with people who care as much as you about helping young people reach their potential. You will also bring with you:

• A relevant tertiary and / or post-graduate qualification is preferred, with relevant experience in the community, human services, or social welfare sectors.
• Significant experience in working with and providing casework to young people and their families, particularly within the context of early intervention and youth homelessness.
• Knowledge and experience with the youth homelessness sector and / or mainstream services.
• Extensive knowledge of casework principles.
• The capacity to deliver group work initiatives.
• An understanding of key issues as related to youth homelessness and family breakdown.
• Knowledge and / or experience in Action Research and other related participatory engagement strategies.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in strength-based casework practice and group work.

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click Apply Now to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Grace Hearn on 0407 492 746 for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.