Youth Support Coordinator

7 months ago


Sunshine Coast, Australia Education Full time

**About the School**:
Maleny State High School inspires, educates, guides and supports adolescents of the hinterland by providing a school community which promotes learning for living. All members of our school strive to meet and maximise each student's individual potential by preparing for life after school, where students leave as positive contributors to a sustainable society.
About the Role
The role of a state school Youth Support Coordinator (YSC) is to provide support to at-risk students to remain engaged with their education to enhance their opportunities for further education and sustainable future employment.
As the Youth Support Coordinator, you will have responsibility for the following:

- Refer at risk students to appropriate agencies and support services that will assist students to overcome barriers to education and training.
- Provide individual support, case management and, where appropriate, group support to students to maximise their engagement with education and training.
- Facilitate student wellbeing and social skills programs to build capacity of students.
- Identify barriers to young people achieving outcomes, triage and refer to appropriate support services.
- Case management, community outreach, events and group work.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
About You

**Highly desirable skills and experience**:

- Experience in case management supporting young people facing complexities impacting their education such as homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, family complexities etc.
- Ability to triage and refer students to appropriate support services (internal and external agencies).
- Experience in monitoring attendance patterns of students or groups of students and implementing early intervention strategies.
- Accreditation and experience (or willingness to be trained) in facilitating small group support programs to build student capacity in social emotional and social skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within the student services team while ensuring sensitively and confidentiality.
- Be reliable, motivated and show initiative with well-developed organisational skills.
- The ability to work independently and problem-solve using established procedures.

**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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