• Full time Fixed Term (until Dec 2023)
• SCHCADS level dependent on qualifications and experience + 9.5 % Employer superannuation
• Generous salary packaging options available
• Sunshine location
• We encourage applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Pacifika, African and other CALD communities and/or experience in working with these communities to apply.

About us

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is 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

To lead our Youth Support Services (YSS) to young people who are at risk of entering the Youth Justice system, and their families. To lead a team of workers across our Western and Northern sites in order to provide a range of interventions that target the entire family, with an emphasis on parents/ carers’. It is a dynamic service that includes general youth work as well as family support work and some community development activities.

Please note: some after-hours work may be required to meet the needs of young people and families. The position will involve working with diverse communities including (but not limited to) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Pacifika, African and other CALD communities.

Please note: service delivery aspects of the role may be modified in order to comply with Victorian Government COVID-19 guidelines.

For full details of the position, please view the POSITION DESCRIPTION attached or visit our website www.ysas.org.au.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Juliette Hammond on 9415 8881.

• 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.

Due to the predicted volume of applications, please note you will only be contacted if you are successful in progressing to a first round interview.