Position Summary
The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street Youth Service, the Youth Development Service providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school hours services. The YCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing. This means that all staff, including Senior Youth Workers are working across programs to provide client and placed-based focused services that are flexible and responsive to needs.
The Senior Youth Workers will also work alongside other Town Camps, 3 Brown Street, and Community Safety teams to plan and deliver larger youth activities and events. Either at Brown Street or around Alice Springs area. This role includes leadership/mentoring other YCS youth workers and staff. Providing direct supervision and direction during shifts. As well as positive role modelling for young people.
Responsibilities
•Lead, deliver and evaluate age & gender appropriate programs and community-led youth family and community development initiatives (6-18 years old).
•Lead, support, coach, and mentor Tangentyere Youth Workers to enable them to deliver quality services.
•Promotion of youth and community safety, education, health, and wellbeing.
•Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and YCS policies and procedures.
•Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
•Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
•Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
•Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
•Qualification and previous experience in Sport and Recreation, Youth Work, Education, Social Work, Community Development, or relevant area.
•Previous experience in working with youth at risk – preferably with Aboriginal people and communities.
•Ability to plan and deliver youth activities, learning experiences and events.
•Ability to lead, support, coach, and mentor other staff members.
•Good communication skills and ability to develop rapport and support with young people, family members and key stakeholders (internal and external).
•Current NT Drivers Licence, Ochre Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desired
•Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.
•Previous experience working in Central Australia or a remote context.
•An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal people.