Peer Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Buscojobs Full time

Job description

  • Employment Type : Part time, 12 months fixed term (SCHADS 1).
  • First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived experience are encouraged to apply.
  • DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With Children Check and National Police Check.

About the role

As part of Drummond Street's affirmative action employment strategy, the Drum offers young people from community a fixed term, one-year contract to support employment opportunities for young people from the Public Housing Estates.

The Drum Youth Service delivers responsive, intentional and evidence-based programs. Our activities are delivered within a public health framework, focusing on prevention and early intervention. These efforts strive to build and enhance the innate resilience of young people, their families and communities and to increase protective factors present in their communities.

While our programs are open to all young people, we prioritise and assertively engage young people who experience marginalisation and / or discrimination, including First Nations young people, young people of colour, public housing residents, international students, and those identifying as LGBTIQA+.

The Peer Support Worker plays an important role in supporting youth participation and employment pathways. The role involves co-delivering programs and activities for young people, helping with preparation and debriefing, supporting facilitation, undertaking admin tasks, and promoting positive engagement and role modelling.

This role is based in and around Inner Melbourne public housing estates, with program delivery hours typically between 10am – 7pm. Occasional weekend work may be required.

Your Responsibilities :

Collaborating with young people, Youth Practitioners, Youth Teams Co-ordinator and Youth Peer Leaders to help support co-design processes and ensure community development opportunities are accessible at both local and municipal levels.Positively and proactively assist in the delivery of youth programs and activities that assertively engage smaller populations of young people at the local level, including those who are considered socially marginalised or resource poor to lessen the impact of social exclusion.Actively contribute to the Drum's activities across the public health spectrum, including in health promotion, early intervention and prevention activities.Help to identify and build pathways into tertiary services and programs and activities that support recovery and connection for young people.Assist with outreach and basic engagement tasks, such as helping practitioners keep young people connected while they wait for services.

Selection Criteria :

A young person (aged 18 to 25).A genuine interest and commitment to working with First Nations young people, young people of colour, public housing residents, international students and / or those identifying as LGBTIQA+.Lived experience of belonging to one or more communities' DS seek to assertively engage and / or strong connections with the communities the drum assertively engages.Demonstrated ability to plan programs, events, or activities with children and / or young people.Demonstrated ability to assist in the delivery of activities and facilitate discussions with groups of young people.Awareness of issues faced by young people the drum engages.Involved and actively participating in their local community.

Please review the attached position description which outlines the full list of responsibilities and key selection criteria.

Application process

Please click ' Apply now ' to submit your application. All applications will be directed to our careers portal – Peer Support Worker.Please include your resume and a cover letter addressing each of the key selection criteria listed above.Applicants shortlisted for an interview will be required to provide evidence of their qualifications during the interview process.

Please contact Leyla Pacheco on 9663 6733 or using the subject line : Peer Support Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs to discuss your application further.

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