Youth Worker

MOIRA Your Journey takes a person-centred approach to providing innovative programs and practical services to help young people across Melbourne and throughout Victoria.

**Why Your Journey?**

As a Your Journey Youth Worker, you will work with a group of vibrant, dedicated professionals guided by a shared set of values and a vision that people choose what creates their best future. MOIRA invests heavily it's culture and team member experience as we strongly believe this is the key to delivering a great experience for those we support. You'll also have access to:

- Hybrid working and flexibility for all roles
- An innovative and values driven working culture - 98% of our team members would recommend working at MOIRA
- Attractive salary and NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefits
- Ongoing training and career development with opportunities for professional and personal development
- Access to MOIRA Fit - our team member Health and Wellbeing Program, and Employee Assistance Program

**About the Role**:
The Youth Worker - Your Journey joins a team of Youth Workers to deliver supports within their program area, which include Targeted Care Packages, Housing and Homelessness, Better Futures and Homestretch.

Each day as a Your Journey Youth Worker is different, but your key responsibilities will include:

- Advocating on behalf of young people to support their rights.
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with young people, undertaking assessments, and establishing support plans in conjunction with the young person.
- Supporting young people to develop exit plans, leaving care plans, and to access housing and community support options as required.
- Liaison and collaboration with a range of service providers: community, disability, and youth specific.
- Undertaking respectful, solutions focussed 'Advantaged Thinking' approach to working with young people while being open about risks, strategies to reduce risk and expectations in relation to dignity of risk that promotes the wellbeing of young people.
- Participating in reflective practice and professional development including professional supervision, support and coaching and taking an active role in professional development opportunities.
- Maintaining comprehensive professional case notes, reports, client files and records, including data collection according to program and statutory requirements, and ensuring completion timelines are met.

**About you**:
We're a values-based organisation and so you are Trustworthy, Engaging, Dignified, Committed, Innovative and Curious.

You are also:

- Energetic, with a drive to make things happen
- Empathetic and a good listener
- Organised to be able to balance competing priorities

**Qualifications & Experience**:
A Tertiary qualification in youth work, counselling, community services or other relevant discipline and proven experience in the delivery of services to young people experiencing complex behaviours.

Should you be successful, you will be required to meet safety screening requirements (including but not limited to):

- Criminal History Check
- Working with Children Check
- National Disability Workers Screening Check
- Provide proof of your eligibility to work in Australia

All personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
- MOIRA is a child safe organisation which promotes the safety, participation and empowerment of children including those with a disability._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $41.42 - $44.68 per hour

Expected hours: 38 per week

**Benefits**:

- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Salary packaging
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in SCORESBY, VIC 3179