Youth and Family Worker – Youth Outreach Recovery Support

Job Description

• Full-time contract until 30 June 2027
• Based at Wantirna South office, with outreach work across six LGA’s
• Enjoy generous Salary Packaging benefits of up to $18,550 p.a.

Help young people rebuild confidence, connection and hope.

Join Each's Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS) program and play a vital role in supporting young people experiencing mental health, wellbeing and psychosocial challenges. Working across community and outreach settings, you'll walk alongside young people and their families, helping them strengthen wellbeing, build independence, reconnect with their communities and work towards their personal recovery goals.

Your role, your impact

As a Youth & Family Worker, you'll provide outreach and recovery-focused support to young people with complex mental health needs, helping them navigate challenges, strengthen their support networks and achieve goals that are meaningful to them.

You will:

• Build strong, trusting relationships with young people and families through outreach, telehealth and community-based supports
• Deliver individual recovery coordination and psychosocial support tailored to each young person's strengths, needs and aspirations
• Work collaboratively with young people, families, carers and care teams to develop and achieve individual recovery goals
• Lead and facilitate evidence-informed group programs that promote wellbeing, connection and personal growth
• Coordinate care with housing, health, education and community services to support positive outcomes for young people
• Support transitions into and out of residential recovery programs, helping young people maintain continuity of care
• Respond calmly and effectively during challenging situations, ensuring young people feel safe, supported and heard
• Maintain accurate records, case notes and reporting requirements to support quality service delivery and positive outcomes

About you

You’re someone who is passionate about supporting young people and families and thrives in a collaborative, community-based environment.

You bring:

• Experience working therapeutically with young people and families
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills with people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences
• Well-developed case management, organisational and time management skills
• Understanding of youth mental health, trauma, homelessness, family conflict and early school departure
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented practice and youth development principles
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary care teams
• Confidence managing competing priorities and responding effectively in complex situations
• Understanding of community, health and government service systems

Mandatory qualifications and licences:

• Bachelor qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Youth Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, or Community Services
• Applicants holding a Diploma-level qualification in one of the above disciplines may also be considered where they can demonstrate substantial experience supporting young people with mental health, wellbeing or psychosocial challenges
• Valid First Aid and CPR certification, or willingness to obtain prior to commencement
• Current Driver's Licence with legal authority to drive in Victoria using your own roadworthy vehicle

What will make you stand out?

We’d love to hear from applicants who also have:

• Experience working within youth mental health, psychosocial support or recovery programs
• Experience facilitating therapeutic or psychoeducational groups
• Knowledge of trauma-informed and family-inclusive practice
• Experience working within outreach or community-based programs

What's in it for you?

At Each you'll be supported to be your best. We provide:

• Diversity & belonging – We value all backgrounds, abilities, and identities and are committed to cultural safety
• Boost your take-home pay – Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 tax-free per
  year) plus an extra $2,650 tax-free for meals and entertainment
• Professional development & training – Access mentoring, supervision, leadership
  pathways, and discipline-specific learning
• Endless career opportunities – With over 200 programs across QLD, NSW, ACT, TAS
  and VIC, there are plenty of pathways to progress
• More leave when you need it – 4 or 5 weeks annual leave (dependent upon award or agreement coverage), paid parental leave, personal/carer’s leave, cultural and gender affirmation leave, and the option to purchase extra leave
• Support your wellbeing – Discounted access to hundreds of gyms, pools and fitness facilities nationwide for you and your family through Fitness Passport
• Free, confidential support – Our Employee Assistance Program is available for you and
  your family

Additional Information

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For more information or a confidential conversation, please contact Sophie Corbett, Team Leader – Youth Outreach Recovery Support, at sophie.corbett@each.com.au using the subject line: Youth and Family Worker – Youth Outreach Recovery Support enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. Interviews may take place during the advertising period, so don't miss out and apply today!

Our Commitment to Inclusion at Each

At Each, inclusion is at the heart of how we work, connect and care. We're committed to a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and able to be themselves. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds, people with lived and/or living experience and people of all ages and genders.Each is a child safe organisation with zero tolerance for child abuse, and we are committed to protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

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