• Generous Salary Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program available
• 5 Weeks Annual Leave
• Fixed Term until November 2025
• Part-time (60.8 hours per fortnight)
• Remuneration SCHCADS level 6 dependent on qualifications and experience + 11.5 % Employer superannuation

About us

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive, youth specific community service organisation that enables young people experiencing serious disadvantage to access the resources and support they require to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

YSAS is a Child Safe organisation. We actively promote the safety and wellbeing of young people, and are committed to protecting young people from harm or abuse who come into contact with and/or access our service. Applicants must undergo rigorous screening and recruitment processes, including providing evidence of current WWCC and National Police Check.

About the position

The ADYC program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide a specialist Youth Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service to young people involved in the child protection system. The ADYC provides support and advice to staff in out of home care residential facilities; adolescent community placement and secure welfare services through specialist secondary consultation to Child Protection case planning processes; AOD education; appropriate AOD assessment, referral and linkages.

Servicing the Eastern Metropolitan Region, the Alcohol & Drug Youth Consultant will be based in Ringwood and be a member of the multi-disciplinary YSAS Eastern team.

Some of your key responsibilities will be

• Demonstrated ability and experience in working with disadvantaged and marginalised young people with complex problems/needs who are involved in the statutory child protection system.
• Ability to practice and educate others in a range of AOD interventions.
• Demonstrated understanding of therapeutic case management, care planning and review approaches. In addition to responding to crises and accessing other support services.
• Understanding of the principles of harm minimisation and approaches to the treatment of AOD problems including relapse prevention.
• Demonstrated experience of participation in co-operative and collaborative work practices with other service providers, community groups, including well developed liaison and networking skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the legislative and operating environment of the Child Protection and Youth Justice systems.

For full details of the position, please view the attached position description.

Please note:

• Service delivery aspects of the role may be modified in order to comply with Victorian Government COVID-19 guidelines.
• As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.
• You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact, Rod Donald, Community Manager, on 9890 7855 regarding the role of Senior Youth Worker, Recruitment Ref. Number – 104_2024.

• YSAS is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
• YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.