Youth Worker-hey Peninsula Pride

Permanent
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 5 dependent on qualifications and experience + superannuation
- 5 Weeks Annual Leave
- Up to $15,900 for living expenses + up to $2,600 towards meals and entertainment can be tax-free through NFP Salary Packaging

**About us**

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive, youth specific community service organisation that enables young people experiencing serious disadvantage to access the resources and support they require to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

YSAS is a Child Safe organisation. We actively promote the safety and wellbeing of young people, and are committed to protecting young people from harm or abuse who come into contact with and/or access our service.

At YSAS we are committed to people of a diversity of backgrounds and identities being included, represented, and having the opportunity to participate equally in the life of our organisation and the communities in which we provide our services. We strive to create the conditions where people feel safe, enfranchised and valued. We value lived-living experience wisdom, insight, and knowledge.

**About the position**

This position is funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) - Healthy and Equal Youth (HEY) initiative. HEY is about supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ young Victorians. HEY brings together a network of partner organisations specialising in support and services for LGBTQIA+ young people. HEY partners provide peer support, referral, community visibility, celebration and education. The vision of the HEY partners is that LGBTQIA+ young people in Victoria have their rights upheld, are safe, empowered and celebrated.

The HEY Peninsula Pride program is responsible for undertaking a range of youth work activities to support young people which include the co-facilitation of LGBTQIA+ group activity based programs in collaboration with program partners within the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region. The HEY Peninsula Pride program supports access for LGBTQIA+ young people to social, health and mental health services in collaboration and consultation with headspace Frankston and headspace Rosebud sites.

**Key Selection Criteria**
- Demonstrated understanding of youth work ethics and practice approaches.
- Demonstrated experience working with LGBTQIA+ young people (essential)
- Lived experience in the LGBTIQA+ community (essential)
- Ability and willingness to work with young people in groups and to participate in recreational and other activities with them.
- Highly developed engagement and communication skills with young people from a range of diverse backgrounds (including cultural awareness) and age groups.
- Good written communication and ability to meet reporting requirements (i.e. contribute to funder reports, data entry, case notes).

**What our young people request from our workers**:
Young people across YSAS have spoken out and given feedback about the qualities that best describe a good YSAS worker:
**“*A good worker takes the time to understand your interests and doesn’t treat everyone the same.” “Young people believe that a good YSAS worker is empathetic and good at actively listening in a non-judgmental way, is relatable, down-to-earth and able to build trust and rapport in a consistent manner”. “It takes time to trust someone, but it’s worth it when you know they’ve got your back”. Young people have also raised that genuine human connection is an important quality, “being authentically human”, while having a holistic, flexible, and adaptable approach that considers the entire context of a young person’s life and their intersectionalities. “It’s about making sure workers don’t just tick boxes but genuinely want to see us thrive**”*

Regardless of where they are based or what position a worker has, everything we do at YSAS is about young people and their families.

**Why work with us?**
- YSAS has a true commitment to flexible working, ensuring that individual, team and client needs are met
- YSAS offers additional leave entitlements such as gender affirmation, ceremonial leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, fertility leave, blood donors leave, a generous Parental Leave Scheme and the ability to purchase additional leave.
- Access to learning and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

**Please note**:
1. As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.

**Further Enquiries**

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact, Jessica Van Zeil, Team Leader, on 0428090184 regarding the Youth Worker-HEY Peninsula Pride position, Recruitment Ref. Number - 099_2025.
- YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.

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

Expected hours: 22.8 per week

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