Youth Work Advisor | Y Schools Queensland

Y Schools Queensland are recruiting a Youth Work Advisor on a Permanent Full-Time basis to join our team based in Fortitude Valley

As a Youth Work Advisor with the Y Schools Queensland, you will provide coaching and capability development to Youth Workers across all Y Schools Queensland campuses. You will provide consistent implementation of the Y Schools Youth Work Practice Framework and works in close partnership with Senior Youth Worker Leads, campus leadership teams, and the Head of Wellbeing to embed trauma-informed, relational, and strengths-based youth work practices that improve student engagement and wellbeing outcomes.

What will my time look like?

• Provide youth work practice leadership across all campuses to ensure consistent, high-quality implementation of the Y Schools Youth Work Practice Framework as part of the broader wellbeing model
• Support the consistent application of trauma-aware, strengths-based, relational and youth development approaches
• Support the development, delivery and consistency of the Body Mind Spirit (BMS) program and other student wellbeing and engagement initiatives across campuses
• Contribute to whole-school wellbeing initiatives that align with the Y Schools Youth Work Practice Framework and the THRIVE Framework.
• Work collaboratively with Heads of Campus, wellbeing teams and school staff to strengthen integrated student support pathways
• Advocate for youth voice and youth-informed approaches in wellbeing initiatives and program development.

Am I a good match?

• Minimum five years’ substantial experience in youth work practice, preferably within an education or school-based setting
• Demonstrated expertise in trauma-informed practice, strengths-based engagement, relational practice and youth development frameworks
• Proven ability to provide practice leadership, coaching and mentoring to youth workers and/or multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated experience supporting young people with complex needs, including engagement, wellbeing, de-escalation and co-regulation strategies

Desirable:

• Experience working within a Special Assistance School or alternative education setting
• Experience supporting young people who are disengaged or disenfranchised from education
• Experience working across multiple sites or teams, supporting consistency of practice and service delivery

What’s in it for you?

• Join a supportive, inclusive and passionate team in an organisation making a difference.
• We invest in multi-disciplinary teams and work well together to support the students and each other, while working differently and thinking beyond traditional methods.
• Increased non-term time for our teaching team and more student free days in comparison to standard school environments.

Here’s what on offer?

• Enjoy up to $15,900 per year to be salary packaged tax-free for everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 per year for entertainment benefits, as part of a non-for-profit organisation
• Free YMCA gym membership which includes our fitness classes
• Employee Benefits Program
• Discounts for all Y OSHC Services and Day Care Facilities
• Discounted banking, loan rates and private health insurance

More about the role and Y Schools!

At Y Schools Queensland we have a vision where our young people leave school empowered to be independent, courageous and resilient to achieve lifelong wellbeing. 

Our mission is that Y Schools Queensland is where hope meets possibility, where everyone is seen, heard, and belongs. Our agile and responsive approach to education gives students not just knowledge, it empowers students to overcome challenges and embrace life-changing opportunities. At Y Schools Queensland, wellbeing is personal, pathways are unique, and every step leads toward a brighter future!

Central to realising this vision is our Thrive Model, a signature strength of our schools that guides everything we do.  Embedded in connection, care and capability, it shapes our approach to wellbeing, learning and belonging.

We are an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We all belong at the Y!

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all children and young people to feel safe and be safe. As a Child Safe organisation, all of our candidates who don’t have an exemption, must have or obtain a working with children check. 

To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy: https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources

Applicants are advised that it is an offence for a person disqualified or suspended from holding a blue card to commence or continue in regulated, child-related employment.