Youth Worker Role - AOD & Mental Health Outreach Program
We are looking for an experienced AOD Youth Worker who wants to broaden their skills within the Mental Health space. If this sounds like you.APPLY NOW
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Mission Australia
Location: Coffs Harbour & North Coast
Work type: Part Time
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Phone: +61-7-1352-5253
Fax: +61-2-3297-1102
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Detail information about job Youth Worker Role - AOD & Mental Health Outreach Program. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Fixed Term PT Role – Until June 2019/Flexible Days, 30.4 hours per week
- NFP Salary Packaging
- Sawtell, NSW Location
About Mission Australia
Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian community service organisation that has been helping people regain their independence for over 150 years. Our nationwide team of over 3,500 staff offers a wide range of solutions over the long term, through early learning and youth services, extensive family support and homelessness initiatives, employment and skills development, to provision of affordable housing. Importantly, we're all guided by a single objective – to stand together with Australians in need, until they can stand for themselves.
About the Role
- Work with young people and their support networks in the AOD/MH Outreach Program to create personal support plans.
- Provide youth work support via assertive outreach to young people in community and school based setting
- Create and maintain individualised client files, ensuring that all documents are completed and records are detailed, accurate and factual.
- Contribute to the planning, content and delivery of group work in school settings, and education/information sessions for families, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders
- Provide the Outreach team, young people & their families/carers, community stakeholders with guidance to ensure young people receive safe and culturally appropriate support
- Assist and encourage clients to develop knowledge & skills necessary to achieve their harm reduction and recovery related goals including strengthened cultural connection, skills in self management, behaviour change, self esteem, financial management and personal development for example
Experience
- Qualifications and/or experience working with at-risk young people using culturally safe and inclusive practice
- Working knowledge of adolescent AOD and MH issues
- Valid driver’s licence
- Senior First Aid certificate or willingness to obtain
- Current Working with Children Check.
- Knowledge of case management
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work from a culturally informed and strengths based framework.
- Good conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Able to travel and provide outreach to young people in school and community settings.
- Proven experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Understanding of duty of care
As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History Check.
In addition, there is a requirement to possess a current Working with Children check or apply if you do not already hold one. It is unlawful for prohibited persons to apply for work with children, and, as such, prohibited persons cannot apply for this role.
Benefits
- Not for Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduces your taxable income (details via Advantage)
- Discounted health care with Medibank Private
- Discounted childcare rates of up to 15% at participating Centres (conditions apply)
- Employee discounts with hotels, travel insurance, and major retailers: Coles, Harvey Norman, Apple, Dell & many more
Diversity & Inclusion
Mission Australia is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society and all the communities in which we work, in order to better serve our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.
Click "APPLY NOW", closing date is 17th of July 2018.
AOD Counsellors TFT 2018 - Coffs Harbour.docx
For further information regarding working with us visit Working for Mission Australia.