Job Summary
- $84,000 - $88,000 per annum
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 27th Jun 2022
- Melbourne > Glenroy
You hold tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, Welfare or a related discipline along with qualifications in AOD. You’re passionate about working with at-risk and vulnerable young people with AOD concerns and have the experience to back it up. You’re familiar with using a family-focused approach to case management with working with young people along with understanding the broader community context, that is inclusive of all community members.
You know your stuff when it comes to motivating, empowering, nurturing and growing skills of the team, and one thing is for sure, when it comes to delivering high-impact support to service users you see the importance of a team approach. You love developing talent through coaching and clinical supervision.
You may not be the captain of this team (…yet), but when we are in thick of it, we play off each-other’s strengths and have each-others back #1YP.
You know not every day will be the same, you can switch from providing support to a service user, to providing mentoring to your team members, to writing impact reports for your manager in the blink of an eye. Changing lives is your passion but you still embrace rolling up your sleeves and mucking in to get the job done.
You’re full of creative ways to meet our service users where they are at and believe that engagement shouldn’t be a one size fits all model. You always see the person, not just their immediate situation because you understand that everyone has different needs, and that is okay.
Our frontline warriors and change makers are all here because we genuinely want to break the cycle of disadvantage, and we want you to want that too!
You will be working with our Manager Harm Reduction & Outreach to lead and empower our Youth AOD Services. Based out of our Glenroy office with outreach work across Melbourne’s Inner North West.
This is a brand-new role, here are some of things you could expect to be doing in your first month:
We are an independent, registered charity providing front line support to young people and people experiencing homelessness to open up pathways out of poverty and homelessness - breaking the cycle of disadvantage. Our focus is on respect, client-centred care, and harm prevention so people can lead longer lives, have improved health, meaningful employment, and a greater sense of belonging, safety, and security through our holistic model of care.
In 2021 alone, this is (some) of what we got up to:
You can read more in our Impact Report or you’ll find us right across Naarm/Melbourne with our main offices located in Glenroy and on Hosier Lane right in the centre of the city, but we’re growing quickly and expanding to more locations in 2022!
We’re a casual and flexible, yet professional and high energy workplace. We encourage flexibility for a healthy work/life balance and although we are very serious about our work, we are very chill when it comes time to wind down. Every day you spend working with us, you’re making a difference. Although they're pretty great perks, we don’t just stop there… here are some of the others:
Site Location:This role will be based at our Glenroy HQ with outreach across Northwest Melbourne.
We’re a non-profit organisation that fills from a full cup but not a full pocket. In order to attract strong talent, we pay competitively and remunerate based on your skills and experience and are determined to make this the best job you'll ever have.
The Team Leader Youth AOD position is paid under the SCHADS Award Level 5.
Recruitment for this position will be undertaken as applications are received. The position will be filled when a successful candidate has been selected.
It is a requirement that all Youth Projects team members and successful applicants hold a valid Working with Children’s Check, Police Check and is vaccinated for Covid-19.
At Youth Projects, we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions and encourage applications from candidates with a disability, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and indigenous candidates
Youth Projects has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation. All Youth Projects staff must undergo Police and Working with Children Checks.