Casual Youth Development Worker

• Work with Melbourne’s most progressive housing and homelessness organisation
• Great Broadmeadows location, close to public transportation, shops and cafes
• Casual role- willing to work a variety of shifts including overnight and weekend work
• $69,065 (pro-rata) + Super
• Flexible working environment!

We have an exciting opportunity for a positive and energetic Youth Development Worker to drive our advantaged thinking practice approach at our Education First Youth Foyer in Broadmeadows

About Us

Launch Housing has an ambitious and singular mission to end homelessness. We aim to get people housed, keep them housed, and be an influential voice on ending homelessness. We are a secular, independent provider of choice for clients and the ‘go to’ organisation on
homelessness for government, media, philanthropy, private donors and the community.

About the Program

The Victorian Education First Youth Foyers provide integrated learning and student accommodation in mainstream educational settings for young people aged 16-24 years, who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Grounded in Open Talent and using an advantaged thinking approach, they are designed for young people who have the ambition and motivation to engage in education and training, but have been unable to do so due to a range of structural, institutional and personal barriers.

About the Role

You will have experience in working in youth programs and understanding of the challenges that face young people of this background. You will have an unwavering belief in young people. We are looking for passionate people who have an unwavering belief in Young People, be an outstanding role model who can help create a culture of learning and create opportunities for the students we work with and living at the Education First Youth Foyer and to fellow staff and also recognise that education is essential to breaking the cycle of homelessness.

Please only apply if you are willing to work a variety of shifts including overnight and weekend work.

Working in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team that uses innovative education and housing practices, this exciting and challenging position offers applicants the opportunity to build and empower the lives of youth experiencing homelessness.

Other Information:

To read more about our program, please have a look at the Evaluation, recently published here.

To obtain a full position description and to apply for this opportunity, please follow the ‘How to Apply’ instructions. If you would like additional information regarding this role, please contact Alyssa Amelia on 03 9309 3946.

If you would like additional information regarding this role, please contact Alyssa Amelia on 03 9309 3946.

All applicants must have the right to work in Australia and will be required to complete a Working with Children check and Police check. Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique
expertise, and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply.

We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise, and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply.