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Youth Outreach Lead

Youth Support + Advocacy Service
  • Fixed Term (12-month contract)
  • Part time, 60.8 hours per fortnight
  • SCHCADS level 6 dependent on qualifications and experience + 9.5 % Employer superannuation
  • Generous salary packaging options available
  • Collingwood

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

The Youth Outreach Lead will lead the headspace Collingwood response to increasing engagement of young people and families who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. This is intended to occur by working collaboratively with the existing multidisciplinary care teams at headspace Collingwood. Service provision will leverage off existing relationships with local service providers inclusive of LGA service providers, Consortium partners, schools and Gathering Places. A safe and adaptive approach to outreach will be adopted utilising the existing youth outreach model imbedded within YSAS. In light of the COVID-19 state restrictions, this includes multimodal service delivery, and where safe and clinically indicated, in person engagement in community-based settings. The Youth Outreach Lead will also take primary responsibility of a small team of youth workers at headspace Collingwood; providing supervision, guidance and support. The position will report to the Clinical Lead and works closely with the Leadership Team at headspace Collingwood.

Key Selection Criteria

  1. Advanced skills in leadership of staff members engaging and working with young people with complex issues (including mental health, substance use, disengagement), ranging from advocacy, assessment and therapeutic case management;
  2. Demonstrated experience in the support of staff including provision of supervision, mentoring, positive and constructive feedback and maintaining a positive team environment;
  3. Experience in building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships;
  4. Advanced practice skills in delivering support to young people, particularly utilising an outreach modality;
  5. Ability to use a range of systems to ensure quality, safe practice within your team;
  6. Experience in management responsibilities, ensuring streamlined and timely program processes such as intake and that program targets and reporting requirements are met.

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 below or visit our website www.ysas.org.au.

Please note: As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working With Children Check.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Vishal Tandon, Centre Manager at 9417 0150.

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.

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