**About the Opportunity**:
MCM (Melbourne City Mission) is a leading community services organisation that innovatively works alongside thousands of Victorians and their communities to overcome barriers experienced through Homelessness, Early Years, Disability, Palliative care, Early Childhood Intervention Services and Education.
The Detour program is an Innovation Action Project program and homelessness early intervention program for young people aged 12-24 years, and their families or significant adults. The Detour program, delivered in partnership by Melbourne City Mission, Uniting and Kids Under Cover is an initiative under the Victoria Department of Health & Human Services. This initiative aims to address potential homelessness for young people by providing intensive wrap-around coaching support services and individualised intensive support packages. The support packages offered to young people include support for families aiming to improve the lives of individuals and the community as a whole.
The Youth Coach role covers the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area and provides coaching and case management support to young people who are at risk of becoming homeless.
The role involves working alongside the young person to support them to identify their own goals and to stabilise their housing situation.
**About you**:
We are looking for someone who can:
- Provide comprehensive support for young people and their families, within the Detour framework.
- Provide effective early intervention strategies for "at risk" young people and their families, in conjunction with the Detour team, partners and service providers.
- Develop and maintain collaborative, effective and integrated working relationships with other service providers and community agencies and provide advocacy where required.
- Support, develop and facilitate community development initiatives.
- Ensure each client is committed to their individual Detour care plan goals enabling each Detour client to have access to the most relevant and appropriate resources, platforms and establishments available.
**Benefits of working with MCM include**:
- Diverse and inclusive organisation
- Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
- Supportive learning and development environment
- Culture of continuous improvement
**Essential**:
- Bachelor of Youth Work, Social Work, or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in working with and providing coaching and case management support to young people and their families, particularly within the context of early intervention and youth homelessness.
- An understanding and experience with the youth homelessness sector and/or mainstream services, including knowledge of patterns, trends and systemic issues.
- An understanding of key issues as it relates to youth homelessness and family breakdown.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other organisations in the education and welfare sectors, in formal and informal partnerships, to achieve client outcomes.
- Extensive knowledge of casework principles.
- Demonstrated capacity to deliver group work initiatives.
- Demonstrated well-developed written and verbal communication, interpersonal, conflict resolution, negotiation and mediation skills.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships and communicate with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Ability to use relevant information technology, electronic recording systems and data management tools.
- An understanding of the requirements for ensuring child safety.
**Screening Criteria**:
- National Police check
- Working with Children check
- Valid Victorian Drivers license
- Right to Work in Australia
**About MCM**:
We are a leading not for profit, purpose-driven organisation that offers a broad range of services in Early Years, Disability, Homelessness and Family Services, Palliative Care and Education.
**Our commitment to Safety**:
MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.
**Our commitment to Diversity**:
At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion helps us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people.