Personal Advisor

6 days ago

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Samaritans Full time

**Personal Advisor - Youth Initiative**
- Full-time Max-term leave cover contract until 08/06/2025
- This role is paid under the SCHADS Award
- Level 5
- Location: Working across Hunter and Central Coast

**The Opportunity**:
Join us at the Youth Initiative (YI) - where we're committed to creating a warm and supportive environment for young people transitioning out of care. We're on a mission to prevent homelessness by providing personalised guidance and resources.

As part of our team, you'll play a vital role as a Personal Advisor, supporting young individuals as they embark on their journey towards independence. Collaborating closely with our partners at Samaritans and other specialized agencies, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of these youth.

**Why Work for us?**

Newcastle Anglican places people at the centre of our work. As a part of a faith-based organisation, you have access to the following great benefits:

- Up to 40% discount on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
- Salary packaging options (up to $611/fortnight)
- Discounted private health insurance through Medibank
- Career and development opportunities - we want you to flourish
- Access to over 300+ gyms with the Fitness Passport Program
- Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
- Paid parental leave (after 12 months of service)

**Role & responsibilities will**:

- implement leaving care plans
- establish a life-long habit of growing and maintaining their support networks
- navigate mainstream and specialist services as required; and
- manage crisis and change effectively

**About you**:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications plus extensive industry experience
- Excellent knowledge, understanding and experience of working from a trauma informed, strengths based approach with young people who have lived in Out of Home Care
- Experience providing incidental counselling and mentoring to young people with complex needs
- Experience in building relationships, networking, working cooperatively with, referring to and advocating with a range of diverse services that offer supports to young people
- Well-developed knowledge of diverse cultures and community needs and issues as they relate to care of children and young person's so as to effectively manage reports of risk of harm to children and young people
- Experience and highly developed skills in goal setting and action planning for young people leaving Out of Home Care
- Knowledge and understanding of the rights, legislation and resources available to children and young people who have been placed in Out of Home Care, including requirements for leaving and aftercare planning
- Ability to utilise confidentiality principles, prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines while working independently
- High level of planning and organizing skills to support allocated clients, together with investigative, assessment, problem solving and analytical skills.

**Who we are?**

Formerly known as the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and the Central Coast.

We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes, four schools, Anglican Care and Samaritans.

Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do, inspired by the way of Jesus.
- You must have the right to live and work in Australia._

**Samaritans promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people.

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