Social/Youth Worker at St Joseph’s Catholic FLC in Alice Springs

1.       Job Title:                              Social/Youth Worker

Reference:                         ASFLC/YW/1013

Background:

Youth+ is an initiative of Edmund Rice Education Australia. Youth+ services including Flexible Learning Centres (FLCs) offer a full-time and multiyear secondary education and social inclusion program for young people who are disenfranchised from mainstream structures. Young people may express a broad range of complex education and social needs and the Youth+ services respond with a variety of flexible and innovative social inclusion and learning experiences.

Qualifications:

·         Previous experience in the youth sector

·         The applicant may have qualifications at Degree or Diploma level

·         The employee should possess or be eligible for a Working With Children Clearance Notice and Ochre Card

Key Characteristics:

·         Demonstrated skills and knowledge in youth/social work theory, process, frameworks and ethics.

·         Ability to analyze complex situations and implementation of appropriate strategies to enhance the professional practice of teaching and non teaching staff

·         Demonstrated capacity to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team, to work collaboratively and establish and maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Liaise and develop service referral and provision with government and non government agencies at appropriate levels to support health, mental health and wellbeing needs of young people.

·         Develop partnerships with key agencies to support services being delivered on site at the FLC where appropriate/possible.

·         Support young people to access support services e.g. counseling, health support, community activities.

·         Work collaboratively with the team to support/develop cultural links, community and family connections which support the engagement and connection of young people to learning and the wider community.

·         Participates in program provision to ensure wellbeing in an inclusive learning environment

·         Collaborates with the team to support a socially inclusive program that responds to the physical, intellectual, social, spiritual and cultural needs of young people.

·         Participates in the daily routines and activities of the FLC e.g. morning meetings, lunch, electives, outings, camps.

·         Undertakes a direct program provision role with a focus on health, wellbeing and engagement within the FLC.

·         Participates in a range of programs/activities during the school holidays to maintain connections for vulnerable young people.

How to Apply:

Applications should be forwarded to recruitment@ereflc.org.au

Deadline:                             18/10/2013