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Youth Development Facilitator

Wesley Mission

Youth Hope Blacktown/Penrith

  • Full-time role, 38 hours per week
  • Based at Blacktown however sits across the Western Sydney area
  • Salary + fully maintained car + super + salary packaging benefits
  • Work in a creative and supportive environment

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Vision is “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

About the program

Youth Hope is funded by NSW Government Family and Community Services to support children aged between 9-15 years who sit at risk of significant harm.

Youth Hope works with children, young people, and their families to prevent issues of child safety, welfare and wellbeing escalating further and potentially placing children and young people (CYP) at risk of entering the statutory child protection system.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Youth Development Facilitator who will be instrumental in designing, coordinating and implementing programs for children and young people as well as contributing to the strategic development of the program. This role includes one on one interactions with children and parents with the overall aim to include:

  • Healthy development in children and young people, including support for children to reach their developmental milestones in education, social and personal development
  • Increased capacity for parents to meet the emotional, physical and material needs of their children, through warm and nurturing interactions and encouragement
  • An increased awareness of culture and identity, including recognising the importance of culture in nurturing a sense of safety for Aboriginal children and young people in their family and broader communities
  • Strong, functional, and well-supported families
  • Increased family connections with community partners and other service providers
  • A reduction and/or prevention of children and young people experience abuse and neglect
  • Increased resilience for children, young people, and their families

Essential criteria

  • Tertiary qualification(s) in psychology, counselling, social work, social science, or related fields and/or a minimum of two years working in the child protection industry with other relevant qualifications
  • Demonstrated experience in the provision of youth mentoring and other youth development programs
  • Strong proven organisational and coordination skills and the ability to translate youth and service needs into strategies and programs for young people
  • Demonstrated capacity to liaise and work collaboratively with service providers, networks, government, community and young people including experience in leading and motivating communication and collaboration between various youth service providers
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with complex and high-needs families around issues of the safety, welfare, development and wellbeing of children and young people
  • High-level written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing case summaries
  • Ability to work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) organisations and communities
  • Commitment to continuous improvement and WH&S Principles
  • Flexibility to work some evenings and occasional Saturdays
  • Current NSW or national driver’s licence and Working with Children Check

Desirable criteria

  • Working knowledge of the local child and family support sector in Western Sydney
  • Experience in managing electronic files and databases
  • Experience in outdoor adventure-based activity programs

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award, Level 5.

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