Education Youth Worker

About The BUSY School…

The BUSY School is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting nearly 50 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, Inclusive Employment Support, and allied health services.

The BUSY School is an independent Special Assistance School with 10 campuses across Queensland and New Zealand, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education. Our program has expanded to include The BUSY School Online (TBSO) offering flexible access to our program for all students across Queensland.

Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.

Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.

About the position...

Join The BUSY School Southport Campus! This role case manages at-risk youth through assessment, case planning, implementation, monitoring and review. You will monitor student attendance data and implementing intervention strategies to assist students and families to maintain minimum 85% attendance. As a Youth Worker, your aim is to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people and families through integrated and coordinated service delivery.

• Permanent full time - 38hours a week
• Work 40 weeks a year - school term time with 4 weeks annual leave
• The proposed salary below is calculated annually accordingly in relation to working time. 

BUSY Benefits:

• Competitive, above award salary; Circa $65k - $69k + 12.5% super per annum
• NFP Salary Packaging: $15,900 living expenses + $2,650 for meal entertainment
• 4 additional paid annual leave days – 1 My BUSY Day and 3 days at Christmas
• Clear pathways for internal advancement
• Dedicated training budget for personal and professional growth 
• BUSY Benefits program - Paid parental Leave, retail discounts and access to Fitness Passport
• Enjoy work that genuinely impacts lives
• Employee Assistance Program with Sonder Wellbeing App

About you...

• Proven ability to develop cooperative working relationships with broad range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure outcomes for students are achieved
• You have knowledge and experience in working with youth in a vocational education pathway but not essential.
• Excellent communicator, a promoter who is influential with the ability to seek and secure opportunities
• Ability to obtain a Blue Card and National Police Check with no disclosable outcomes

Next steps...

This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.

The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks. 

The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, veterans, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.