Youth Outreach Worker

1 week ago

Perth, Australia Mission Australia Full time

$29,125 + penalties + super + not for profit salary packaging benefits
- Fixed Term Part Time Contract - 2 nights a week Friday & Saturday until 23 Dec 2024
- Location: Northbridge WA 6003
- Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more

about us

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our purpose


Your Opportunity

YouthBeat is an exciting service providing practical assistance directly to young people that are homeless or at risk of homelessness in public places and diverting them from risk. The service is well known across Perth and has received recognition in the press for the support provided to street present young people in the Perth inner city and Northbridge areas.

Based in Northbridge, you will work on a part-time basis and these active night shifts are every Friday and Saturday night between 8pm to 5am.

In this position you will provide brief intervention, harm reduction, safety assessment and planning, referrals and practical support including transport, as well as offering follow-up support for young people and their families.

Your Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Youth at Risk Strategy (YARS) Initiative shifts including street-based outreach engagement and support vulnerable and at-risk young people in the CBD and Northbridge area between 8pm and 5am on rostered days.
- Provide trauma informed, person centred support to vulnerable young people using culturally secure, and solution focused approaches.
- Deliver assertive outreach to young people in Perth CBD using a vehicle and foot patrols.
- Provide safe transports for young people to approved locations.
- Use your skills and understanding of current issues impacting young people to build rapport and engage with street present young people.
- Work collaboratively with key stakeholders and the YouthBeat team to ensure young people, have the best opportunity for success.

Requirements for Success

With a significant background in _the child, youth & family and/or homelessness or AOD sectors_, you will be confident in your support and assessment processes. Other requirements include:

- A Degree or Diploma in Youth Work, Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology, or a minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role. Students in these fields are encouraged to apply.
- Proven assertive outreach work experience in engaging and supporting at risk young people including working with intoxicated young people and people experiencing homelessness.
- Experience and ability to work with at risk young people including knowledge of child and adolescent development.
- Strong assessment, general counselling, and crisis intervention skills, including working with people experiencing alcohol and other drug use issues, mental health issues, in mental health crisis and families in crisis.
- Demonstrated experience working with First Nations people and communities.
- Strong time management and administration skills, including computer skills in Microsoft Office, and ability to adopt Mission Australia’s web-based Information Managements system (training will be provided)
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills including report writing and data collection.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Full driver licence with no restrictions.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Our Culture

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

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Your Benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

- Rewarding work - every day you know you’re making a real difference
- Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via
- AccessPay
)
- Free external, confidential counselling and access to
- chaplaincy support
- Volunteering opportunities
- Extra leave available including an additional public holiday, additional annual leave day on your work anniversary and the opportunity to purchase further annual leave.

How To Apply

As a committed

Circle Back Initiative

Applications for this role are shortlisted as received and we are interviewing through the advertising period.

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