Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 21st Dec 2021
- Melbourne > Sunshine
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.
We are seeking an experienced Youth and Family worker with highly developed engagement skills to join our team located in Sunshine. You will be working with young people at risk of entering the Criminal Justice System with a focus on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori, Pasifika and African communities.
An integral aspect of the role is to provide interventions that target the whole family, particularly parents/carers. It is a dynamic role that incorporates general youth work as well as potential family meetings and informal mediation. Therefore, some after hours work will be required to meet the needs of young people and families.
Incumbents in this role must involve:
For full details of the position, please view the Position Description attached below or on our website.
Follow the instructions via the Apply Now link below.
For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Raymond Jackson on (03) 8080 8040, regarding role Youth Worker - Outreach.
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.