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Youth Worker (Outreach)

Youth Support + Advocacy Service
  • Fixed Term until 30/06/2023
  • Full time position (76 hours per fortnight)
  • Remuneration: SCHCADS Level 5 (dependent on qualifications and experience) Annual Salary plus 10% super
  • Access to generous salary packaging options
  • Located in Sunshine

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

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.

Key Challenges

Incumbents in this role must involve:

  • Undertake direct service delivery to ensure a developmentally appropriate and responsive service for vulnerable young people aged 10 to 18 years
  • Provide referral and links to a range of services including drug and alcohol, primary health, family, housing, legal, justice, employment/educational, cultural and recreational services
  • Ensure all administration, data recording; maintaining case notes, writing client reports, developing intervention plans using the Flexible Funding Pool and financial accountability processes are known and adhered to.
  • Participation in evaluation and ongoing monitoring of the programs, services, and systems
  • Ensure all work complies of the relevant legislation/ regulations, YSAS’ policies and procedures and confidentiality of documentation is maintained

For full details of the position, please view the Position Description attached below or on our website.

Please note:

  • YSAS is a safe workplace and complies with laws set by the Victorian Government regarding the prevention and minimisation of spread of COVID.
  • 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

to apply

Follow the instructions via the Apply Now link below.

Further Enquiries

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.

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