Aboriginal Youth Caseworker

**About the role**:
**_ This is a full-time permanent position (35 hours per week) located on the Central Coast NSW. Starting base annual salary $79,823 plus super and access to generous salary packaging options. _**

**_This is an identified position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. All applicants must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Aboriginality is a genuine qualification authorised under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination ACT 1977_**

**About Uniting**:
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

**About the opportunity**:
As an Aboriginal Youth Caseworker with the Reconnecting Adolescents and Parents Team (RAPT), you’ll play a key role in the lives of families with young people aged 10-18 who are at risk of disadvantage. Through early intervention and community-based support, you’ll work to keep these families safe, engaged, and empowered to increase their positive relationships, wellbeing, health and educational outcomes. This isn’t just a job—it’s a mission to help families stay together and young people thrive.

You’ll provide more than support—you’ll offer hope. Whether through mediation, advocacy, or group facilitation, your work will help rebuild trust, restore relationships, and reignite dreams for families with young people in the community.
- Provide information, advice and referral to families with a young person (10yrs-18yrs), across the Central Coast.
- Deliver a short-term intervention service utilising your case management skills to support family needs and strengthen community access and participation.
- Facilitate groups and community activities
- Networking and partnerships - build and maintain partnerships with Aboriginal services and agencies to provide comprehensive care and referral pathways.
- Community outreach and program promotion - promote the RAPT program within the Central Coast region to ensure community awareness and referrals.

**Qualifications/Experience**:

- **_This is an identified position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. All applicants must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Aboriginality is a genuine qualification authorised under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination ACT 1977._**:

- Experience working with Aboriginal young people or families.
- A current NSW driver’s license and current NSW WWCC.
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the community.

**Benefits and culture**:
**_ Working to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice brings its own rewards, but there’s more._**
- Welcoming you exactly as you are
- Starting base annual salary of $79,823 (negotiable based on experience) plus super
- Access to generous salary packaging options - pay less tax
- Career development opportunities
- Amazing workplace culture
- Purpose driven career: Be part of an organisation that’s truly making a difference in the lives of families.
- Enjoy training, mentoring, and the chance to develop new skills.

**Closing date: 11:55pm, Thursday 14th November 2024