Education and Employment Mentor

About the role

We have an exciting Full time (Max Term 6 Month) position based at our Orange Office for an Education and Employment Mentor to join our Premier's Youth Initiative Team. 

This role works with young people who are transitioning out of Permanency Support (Out of Home Care), or with a background of Youth Homelessness or Juvenile Justice as they transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Our Employment & Education Mentors provide support and guidance to assist young people set and achieve their individual educational development and Employment goals. 

Employment & Education Mentors need to have excellent people and networking skills, knowledge of recruitment & employment systems, education providers & the ability to provide employment & education support & mentoring services. Employment & Education Mentors use their skills to initiate & sustain collaborative partnerships with a range of organisations to assist in linking young people to opportunities!

About the Program/Team

The Premier’s Youth Initiative (PYI) is a growing service that provides support young people leaving statutory out-of-home care, aged between 16 and 21 years of age. The PYI team work with young people to build their long-term capacity and resilience in order to permanently divert them from the homelessness service system.

Read more about the PYI Program here: 

• DCJ Website - https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/download?file=803236 
• Veritas House website - https://veritashouse.org.au/premiers-youth-initiative/ 

Brandi* (*Name changed to protect privacy) found affordable accommodation and support through PYI, “I’m independent, I have an income and I feel secure. And I am engaged to be married! Stable housing and support have given me the ability to build my life up. In my case, home is definitely where the heart is. There was a time when I was couch surfing and going from home to home. Those days are behind me now. And I guess the most important message I have for kids my age is to never give up hope. There’s a lot of support out there and lots of people who want to help. The future belongs to me and I am grabbing hold of it.”

Selection Criteria

1. Minimum Certificate IV qualification and experience in community services, youth work, education, employment services, vocational services, career development or a related field. 
2. Knowledge of issues that impact young people when accessing employment and/or educational opportunities and achieving their goals.
3. Demonstrated experience supporting young people with complex needs to gain employment and/or education. 
4. Demonstrated experience and success at initiating and sustaining collaborative partnerships with a range of organisations, preferably within the employment and education service system. 
5. Knowledge of the employment services sector, Centrelink and other state and federal employment initiatives that impact young people.             
6. Highly developed communication skills.
7. Current unrestricted driver’s licence and capacity to travel using a work vehicle, which may include occasional overnight trips.

To apply:

Full details of the position, including the selection criteria and information on how to apply, can be found in the Information Package on our website: www.veritashouse.org.au

Applications close at 9am on Monday 22nd April 2024.

If you work with us, you will enjoy: 

• Discounted gym memberships;
• Discounted health insurance with Westfund;
• Additional leave once you finish your probationary period
• Exposure to a range of client situations that will develop your skills and allow you to work to your strengths; 
• A strong, strengths-based culture that values what you do well and will work with you to grow;
• The opportunity to develop your career in an expanding service;
• The chance to make a contribution within the community you call home

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are warmly encouraged to apply.

We hire on merit alone and welcome the true, authentic and diverse person you are. We value a team as diverse as our community! Irrespective of your culture, ethnicity, race, gender identity, age, linguistic background, religion, disability or sexual orientation – we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to the Veritas House team, and celebrate diversity in everything that makes you, YOU!