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Breakthrough Mentoring Coordinator - West

Whitelion Youth

Are you a passionate community development or youth work professional with exceptional community engagement skills who enjoys the challenge of working at the centre of a busy team?

Do you like the idea of contributing to a non-profit organisation supporting young people at risk? The new role of Breakthrough Mentoring Coordinator - West might be for you!

Based in Whitelion’s Western Office (Hoppers Crossing) this role will:

  • Deliver Breakthrough Mentoring according to program, stakeholder and contractual obligations. This includes providing individualised support (case management and coordination) to young people at risk, matching and supporting mentor and mentee relationships, recruitment of volunteers and coordination of volunteer training, and business and community development with the view towards pathways to work outcomes
  • Be an effective Whitelion team member and engage in building positive connections and pathways to work for young people at risk
  • Support young people at risk by creating opportunities and delivering outcomes in-line with Whitelion’s Service Blueprint outcome areas of safe & stable; learning & supportive networks; skills & growth; connection & independence, working directly with the service system and broader community
  • Community-based outreach is a component of the role, and will include co-location at other community organisations as required.

WHO WE ARE

Whitelion is passionate about creating a workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our vision is for a world where no young person is left behind, where all young people have the right to equitable opportunities to reach their potential. We exist to build positive connections and pathways to work for young people at risk. Success depends on the voice and lived experience of highly vulnerable, high risk young people, systems around them and the Whitelion community.

Whitelion works hard to create a flexible, inclusive environment for staff to grow and succeed. In addition to standard leave entitlements Whitelion staff enjoy two days well being leave and gifted leave between Christmas and New Year for eligible staff. We can’t wait for you to join us!

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