Youth Worker

Youth Worker - Geraldton Flexible School

• Continuing, Full Time (44 weeks per year) - ADMINISTRATIVE & TECHNICAL OFFICERS CAT B
• Start Date: As soon as can be negotiated

ABOUT THE ORGANISATIONGeraldton Flexible School is a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition. There are 21 Flexible Schools throughout Australia who offer a full-time and multiyear secondary education program for young people who have disengaged from mainstream schooling. Enrolled young people may express a broad range of complex education and social needs and flexible schools respond with a variety of flexible and innovative teaching and learning practices including vocational planning and the development of social connectedness.

The purpose of a Flexible School is to provide young people with a varied and holistic set of learning experiences supporting them to identify and pursue an individual transition to adulthood, employment, further education and training and social connectedness

ABOUT THE ROLE

The role of the Youth Worker within our school is to support, design and develop engagement, wellbeing and social inclusion responses and program activities for the school that directly enhance the engagement of the young people that attend the school. All program activities complement the educational programs on offer and support the engagement of young peoples learning at the school. Some of these programs include outdoor adventure-based learning, sports and self-reflection workshops.

To view the Position Description, please click apply to access our external application portal.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Knowledge and understanding of key issues for contemporary youth culture to be able to identify potential barriers impacting on young people and their families in the wider community.
• Ability to identify barriers to young people engaging in activities and adapt programs accordingly.
• Promote the values and principles of the school to ensure inclusion, empowerment and youth development when developing and implementing program activities.
• Commitment to work under the four principles of operation, Respect, Safe and Legal, Honesty and Participation to establish a "common ground" to resolve conflict, negotiate learning, recognise rights, where responsibilities and consequences are modelled and explored.

ABOUT YOU

Essential:

• The ability to obtain and hold a WA Working with Children Clearance Notice
• Current driver's licence
• Previous experience in the youth sector with knowledge and understanding of the local Aboriginal community.
• Qualifications at Degree, Diploma or Certificate level with social work/youth work experience
• Ability to work one week on each school holiday - (44 weeks per year) - ADMINISTRATIVE & TECHNICAL OFFICERS CAT B

Highly Desirable:

• An understanding of and commitment to principles of social justice
• Understanding of current youth work practice, trends and issues in service provision to marginalised young people particularly within the alternate education sector
• Sound level of verbal and written communication skills, including participating in meeting processes, report writing and negotiation skills
• Skills in computing (especially word processing, Internet) and skills, or the ability to develop skills in database.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and in an integrated manner as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Small group sizes with a flexible approach to learning
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including FBT exempt payments of up to $15,900 p/a
• Induction, Wellbeing and Professional Development Opportunities
• Edmund Rice Charism

HOW TO APPLY (please upload documents in PDF format)

To apply, please click apply to access our external application portal. To support your application, you will be required to provide a current CV and Cover Letter highlighting your qualifications, experience and suitability for the role.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Jess Crook, Acting Head of Campus at Geraldton Flexible School, EREA Flexible Schools Ltd.,  or Jane Brown, Leader of Wellbeing at Geraldton Flexible School, EREA Flexible Schools Ltd.,  

Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as they are received.

The successful applicant must possess (or be eligible to obtain) and maintain a current Working With Children Check.

All applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures. These checks are consistent with EREA's commitment to child protection policies and procedures.

Edmund Rice Education Australia is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Edmund Rice Education Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.