Youth Job Coach

**About the Role**

The Youth Job Coach is responsible for providing intensive person centred case management and mentorship to approximately 50 Transition to Work (TtW) participants, aged 15-24. The role will include undertaking ‘direct employer marketing’, providing individual support and the running of facilitated group-based job search sessions to motivate and promote further job placements for participants. You will undertake detailed assessments, set goals, stabilise non-vocational issues, improve vocational skills, refer to a range of services and motivate and assist the young person find sustainable employment or re-enter education and provide post placement support.

**This role is being offered on a full time fixed term basis until 25/01/2026 and is based at our Salisbury site.**

**About You**

To be successful in the role you will be able to:

- Work effectively with a culturally diverse range of people, employers and staff;
- Effectively prove your strong knowledge of industry and the labour market;
- Demonstrate your strong assessment, case management and motivational skills;
- Demonstrate your communication skills to negotiate customised jobs for participants with barriers to employment;
- Prove your ability to motivate and develop positive relationships with all stakeholders including staff;
- Demonstrate strong task and time management with attention to detail and data integrity;
- Demonstrate strong computer literacy with Microsoft Office suite, including the ability to type 30 words per minute; and

You will also be required to:

- Hold a current drivers’ licence;
- Current Working with Children’s Check (or ability to obtain);
- Have experience within the Youth or Employment Services or a related industry;
- Have a minimum Certificate IV in Employment Services or Career Development or Youth (or willingness to obtain); and
- Demonstrated experience supporting young people into work and education.

**About Us**

Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organisation, with almost 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.

We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused and can contribute to a strong team. In return for your truly valued contribution we will support your ongoing career development and offer a friendly, supportive & innovative environment for you to thrive.

We work hard every day to:

- Work with our Customers to secure great long-term job opportunities.
- Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost.
- Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce.
- Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury or disability and Indigenous Australians.
- Deliver work experience projects to the community.

Our values remain at the heart of everything we do and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty and service. We believe that the care, respect and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.

**Remuneration**

A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax effective salary packaging.

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