Youth Support Coordinator

About the School

Eagleby Learning Centre is a supportive and inclusive Education Queensland facility, dedicated to helping students of all ages succeed. We offer a calm, flexible learning environment and deliver quality programs that make a real difference. Our team is passionate, professional and focused on student success. If you're committed to education and want to be part of a caring, driven team, Eagleby is the place to make a meaningful impact.

Your Opportunity

As the Youth Support Coordinator, Identified you will:
Refer at risk students to appropriate agencies and support services that will assist students to overcome barriers to education and training.
Provide individual support, case management and, where appropriate, group support to students to maximise their engagement with education and training.

The Youth Support Coordinator, Identified reports to the Principal or their nominated delegate on day to day matters and to the Regional Youth Support Coordinator on professional matters and for professional supervision.

Your Responsibilities

As the Youth Support Coordinator (Identified), your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Identify barriers to young people achieving outcomes and referral to appropriate support services.
Maintain records of student contact on a daily basis.
Support students to achieve satisfactory learning outcomes.
Develop and monitor post program support as required to meet program performance criteria.
Develop and foster relationships between the school and families of students to assist at risk students to remain engaged with education or training.
Conduct home visits with students and their families, as appropriate, to advise and provide strategies for a more positive educational experience.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Mandatory Requirements for and Identified Role:
It is a genuine occupational requirement for Identified roles that the position be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.

Verification of Aboriginality and/or Torres Strait Island heritage

For administrative purposes, in relation to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role, an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is either:
of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent;
accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in which he or she lives.

By definition a person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role.

Applicants to this position may have to provide confirmation of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Requesting proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from applicants helps to make sure that this intention is honoured.

Interested? To Apply

Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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