Outreach Youth Worker jobs

About the Role

The Youth Services division is currently seeking a Youth Worker for outreach, sites and schools. You will have experience working with young people, ideally working with the Department for Education and/or Flexible Learning Options (FLO)/ Tailored Learning (TL) students.

We have a role that will be servicing schools in the Northern Region and Western Region and our Mawson Lakes Site and will be offered on a part time basis (24 hours per week) with potential for increase in hours until 22/01/2027.

Travel will be required between the sites, schools and within community. Excellent organisational skills, building and maintaining good relationships are paramount.

About You

To be successful in the role you will be able to:

• Demonstrate extensive experience in youth case management;
• Demonstrate your ability to identify mental health issues;
• Demonstrate excellent administrative skills, and
• Demonstrate experience working in the youth services sector.

You will also be required to:

• Hold a current driver’s licence and own vehicle;
• Have one of the following qualifications; Minimum Cert IV in Youth Work, Juvenile Justice, Child Youth and Family Intervention, Bachelor of Social Work or Psychology;
• Have completed RAN (Responding to Abuse and Neglect) training; and
• Hold a current Working with Children Check

About Us

Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organisation, with almost 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.

We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused and can contribute to a strong team. In return for your truly valued contribution we will support your ongoing career development and offer a friendly, supportive & innovative environment for you to thrive.

We work hard every day to:

• Work with our Customers to secure great long-term job opportunities.
• Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost.
• Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce.
• Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury or disability and Indigenous Australians.
• Deliver work experience projects to the community.

Our values remain at the heart of everything we do and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty and service. We believe that the care, respect and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.

Remuneration

A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax effective salary packaging.

About your Application

For your application, please include both a cover letter and resume. Your letter should set out why you are the appropriate candidate for the role. For ease of upload, we encourage you to combine these into one file as a pdf or word document. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Prior to an offer of employment being made, candidates must provide authority for a Federal Police Clearance and other checks that may be a requirement of the position. To learn more about working at Workskil Australia head to https://www.workskil.com.au/about-us/work-with-us/

We are actively looking to fill this role and reserve the right to shortlist and interview applicants whilst this advertisement is open so encourage you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Workskil Australia is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and applicants who have a disability. We deliver a range of employment and community services to children, young people and their families and are committed to creating a safe environment for children and young people in the delivery of these services.