Youth Development Coordinator

3 days ago

Adelaide, South Australia Department for Child Protection Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated Youth Development Coordinator to join our team at the Department for Child Protection. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable children and young people.

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting the rights of Aboriginal children and young people in Residential Care, ensuring that they are consulted in decisions which affect them and that their view is considered.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Promoting the rights of Aboriginal children and young people in Residential Care.
  • Ensuring that practice is viewed through a cultural lens and that connection to culture, family and community remains a central focus.
  • Providing expert advice to Residential Care staff in relation to resources and services that will assist them to strengthen outcomes, safety and wellbeing for Aboriginal children and young people.
  • Working with Aboriginal children and young people by empowering them to access opportunities that will enable them to interact with the services and systems required.
About You

To be successful in this role, you will need to have experience in engaging with young people to develop a range of interventions and supports to meet their needs.

You will also need to have the ability to initiate opportunities and identify innovative ways to keep young people positively engaged and to resolve issues during interactions with young people.

We are looking for someone who can analyse complex situations and make professional recommendations for the creation of long term solutions.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary of approximately $94,355 per annum, plus 11.5% Superannuation.

In addition to a great salary, we also offer:

  • Career progression tailored to your goals: we are a large organisation with diverse opportunities across metropolitan Adelaide, regional and remote South Australia.
  • Employee Assistance Program: confidential and independent counselling for employees and their families.
  • Strong commitment to learning and development.
  • Paid Parental and Partner Leave.
  • Free annual flu vaccination for staff.
  • Leave loading and salary packaging opportunities.
  • Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.
Requirements

To be eligible for this role, you will need to have a degree level qualification in Social Work which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Additionally, you must be able to apply culturally sensitive child protection practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and community from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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