Youth Worker, Youth Justice Community Support

2 months ago

Ballarat, Australia CatholicCare Victoria Full time

**EFT**

An average of 37 hours per fortnight, with an option to potentially backfill shifts continuing position

**Location**
Ballarat

**Closing Date**
Sunday, 16 July 2023

**Contact**
People and Culture

Our Youth Justice Community Support Service (YJCSS) is an integrated approach to the provision of intensive support and services to young people involved with Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) Youth Justice Unit to complement the statutory case management for clients assessed as requiring high to intensive level of intervention.

This includes clients on community based orders, Youth Control Orders and Intensive Bail and those exiting custody who require post release support and may also include pre-sentence clients with unique needs and lack of alternative support options.

The aim is to reduce the rate, severity and frequency of offending behaviour; enable effective transition for young people into their community post Youth Justice involvement; assist to develop independent living skills, social inclusion and resilience for adulthood; and assist in developing capacity and involvement in education, training and employment.

Working as part of an integrated team you will provide flexible and intensive supervisory and support response to young people under statutory order including Youth Control Orders (YCO) and Intensive Bail (IB).

You will be required to meet a small number of targets to and deliver mostly after-hours services and develop sound professional relationships with key stakeholders, including DJCS Youth Justice and the broader community.

The position will work on a rotating roster which includes approximately 40% business hours work and 60% after hours, comprising of later finish times, weekends and public holidays, with one weekend off per month. The position also requires flexibility to cover shifts when staff are on leave.

**Specifically, the position is responsible for**:

- Utilising as assertive outreach and engagement approach, providing a combination of centre based, outreach, after hours, public holiday and weekend service and supports to ensure a flexible support response to young people
- Completing client assessment of support needs and implementing support plans
- Supporting young people to access and engage in structured programs and prosocial activities outside of normal business hours including weekends and public holidays
- Providing supported referrals to a wide range of services and assisting with transport needs as required
- Maintaining confidential client files

**To be considered for this position, applicants require**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Youth Work, Welfare, Social Work or relevant discipline.
- Experience in delivering service responses and interventions that promote a reduction in offending by young people.
- Experience in the maintenance of client records and program data entry.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Youth Justice system, relevant legislation and processes.
- Demonstrated understanding of trauma informed practice with young people and families.
- Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with a range of service providers and stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously in after hours timeframes.
- Well-developed priority and time management skills.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, the ability to use computer software and client management systems.
- As a condition of employment, CatholicCare Victoria as an employer will collect, record and store vaccination information on employees where required in line with the Privacy Act. All CatholicCare Victoria workers are to be fully vaccinated (boosted), unless they are an Excepted Person for medical reasons. All applicants must therefore be able to comply with this requirement. This means that successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of their vaccination status to CatholicCare Victoria prior to commencement of employment._

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