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Frontyard Youth Worker

Melbourne City Mission

About the organisation

We are a leading community support organisation working alongside people to live the life they aspire to, their way, providing a broad range of support in Homelessness, Justice, Disability, Palliative Care, Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS), and Early Years and Education service areas. A career with us means you are part of an organisation making a real difference.

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About the program

Frontyard Youth Services (FYS) is a specialist youth service providing a range of multidisciplinary programs to meet the holistic needs of young people aged between 12 and 25 years who are at risk or experiencing homelessness. Frontyard aims to support young people to meet their physical, emotional and social needs and to develop pathways out of homelessness. Many of the services at Frontyard work with young people across greater Melbourne and throughout Victoria.

About the role

The aim of this role is to provide high quality intake services and care coordination to all young people presenting to Frontyard, creating a safe and welcoming space where young people can access the support they need. This will include completing initial assessment and planning, delivering living skills programs and interim support to all young people presenting to Frontyard who are homeless and require holistic support to achieve their goals.

The role works across a 7-day rotating roster(including 8pm finish some weeknights and 10am to 6pm on weekends).

Duties of this role may include but are not limited to the following:

  • Support the intake space by creating a welcoming, client friendly and equitable space
  • Monitor, assess and proactively respond, ensuring safety and comfort of all young people visiting the service.
  • Assist young people to identify their support needs and develop a pathway through the Frontyard Integrated Model.
  • Provide high quality initial assessment and planning services to young people presenting at Frontyard who are experiencing homelessness.

Skills and experience

Essential:

  • A tertiary level degree in Youth Work, Social Work, or related discipline or extensive experience working through the community services sector.
  • A thorough understanding of intake, assessment and care planning.
  • Strong ability to actively and assertively engage young people with complex needs.
  • Demonstrated experience actively engaging with young people who are experiencing homelessness or present with multiple and complex needs including mental health and/or alcohol or other drug issues.

For more information, including a position description, closing date and how to apply, please click “apply for this job” to be redirected to our website.

For more details or assistance with application submission please email: [email protected] using the subject line: Frontyard Youth Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process as part of the MCM selection process. Appointments to MCM roles will be subject to the following safety screening checks (as applicable to the role): National (and International if applicable) Police Check (which includes Proof of Identity Check), Corrections Victoria Security Screening, Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, Right to Work in Australia and current and valid driver licence. All costs associated with safety checks (except National Police Check) will be at applicants’ expense.

Our commitment to diversity

At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion helps us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people. If you require specific support to apply for this position, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Frontyard Youth Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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