Youth Worker - Melbourne, Australia - YSAS

YSAS

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Applications close on Monday 22 May 202- Generous Salary Packaging

Inclusive and caring team environment
Fixed term until 20/05/202
Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight).
Remuneration SCHCADS level 6, dependent on qualifications and experience % Employer superannuation.

About the position

The ADYC program is funded by the Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) to provide a specialist Youth Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service to young people involved in the child protection system.

The ADYC provides support and advice to staff in out-of-home care residential facilities; adolescent community placement, and secure welfare services through specialist secondary consultation to Child Protection case planning processes; AOD education; appropriate AOD assessment, referral and linkages.

Servicing the Southern Metropolitan Region, the Alcohol & Drug Youth Consultant will be based in Dandenong and be a member of the multi-disciplinary YSAS Southern team.

Some of your key responsibilities will be:

Provide direct client care to child protection clients with alcohol and drug use issues with a focus on developing and modelling of good practice.
Provide secondary consultation to Child Protection, Adolescent Community Placement and Out of Home Care staff; assist Child Protection, Adolescent Community Placement and Out of Home Care workers.
To offer support and training to the staff and case managers of young people located in Child Protection, Adolescent Community Placement and Out of Home Care.
Further develop cooperative working relationships between Child Protection and AOD services within the Southern Metropolitan Region or service catchment area.
Provide peer support, develop and create links and networks with regional AOD services; Department of Human Services; Forensic Drug Treatment services; Statewide Child Protection and Alcohol and Drug Services; Community Service agencies; mental health and Dual Diagnosis Services; state-wide ADY-C workers.
Provide highest ethical standards at YSAS; not only to young people in the communities we serve, but to our co[1]workers and ourselves.

Please note:

Service delivery aspects of the role may be modified in order to comply with Victorian Government COVID19 guidelines.
As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Daniel Alcock, Team Leader, on regarding Youth worker (outreach) ADYC role - Recruitment Ref.045_202- YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.