Education & Vocation Practitioner

18 hours ago

Ipswich, Australia Mercy Community Service Full time

**The Role**

Mercy Community have a position available for an Education and Vocation Practitioner to join our Families and Young People team. This is a Permanent Part-time position offering 45 hours a fortnight based in Ipswich. This role is responsible for providing education and/or vocation support to young people in out-of-home care. This role will support young people to reach their own educational and psycho-social goals, including engagement with mainstream education, vocational training and/or employment.

**To be eligible for this position you will require**:

- You will hold 3- or 4-year tertiary qualification in Education, Social Work, Psychology or related discipline.
- Evidence of current vaccination against Whooping Cough or willingness to obtain prior to commencement, unless applicable of exemption is provided.
- You must hold a current Queensland Provisional Green or Open Driver’s License
- You must hold a positive notice in the Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be able to obtain a positive Police Check and any other legislatively required personal history screening as required.

**Core Competencies**
- Demonstrated ability to work with children and young people that may be disengaged learners.
- Demonstrated ability to work closely in partnership with key stakeholders.
- The ability to provide intervention strategies to re-engage young people with education and training pathways to improve future outcomes.
- The ability to work within a broad network of stakeholders who collectively participate in or impact on the success of client plans, referrals and goals.

**What we offer**

We understand that finding the right organisation and the right team is just as important as finding the right role. As a valued employee of the Mercy family, you will enjoy:

- Increased take home pay with our salary sacrificing benefits - up to $15,900 per annum and
- Up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment (meals, holiday accommodation etc).
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Additional training and education into our industry.
- A growing organisation with a strong reputation in the industry.

This position offers a competitive hourly rate of $35.77 to $42.25 plus superannuation depending on qualifications and experience. You will also have the opportunity to increase your take-home pay by salary sacrificing and other benefits.

**About Us**

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment.

We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities. Please visit our website to find out more about our dedicated team and the work we do.

**How to Apply**
- Mercy is committed to Safeguarding - taking actions to promote and ensure the welfare of children and adults at risk, protect them from abuse or neglect and supporting an awareness of whole community responsibility to help and protect all in need._

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