About the position

The Youth Outreach Team Leader will facilitate the headspace Frankston & Rosebud response to the identified local impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, by increasing the services’ capacity to connect with young people and their families who have disengaged from education, employment or whose social and emotional wellbeing has been adversely impacted. The youth outreach team will facilitate community based assessment, safety planning and pathways to care within our headspace centres or youth service partners locally and enhance the multidisciplinary youth services team within headspace and YSAS.

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 Team Leader will take primary responsibility of a small team of youth workers at headspace Frankston; providing supervision, guidance and support. The position will report to the Manager and works closely with the Leadership Team at headspace Frankston & Rosebud.

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 outreach, 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 leadership skills, including being able to establish new project and programs;
5. Ability to use a range of systems to ensure quality, safe practice within your team;
6. Experience in program oversight 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.

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Katrina Bould on 9769 6419.

• 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.