Engagement Worker

HELP YOUNG AUSTRALIANS MOVE BEYOND DRUGS AND CRIME. JOIN THE TED NOFFS FOUNDATION, AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST PROVIDER OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
 

Type: Full Time

Location: Katoomba NSW 

Remuneration: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (Level 3) + full salary packaging options available 

About Us:               

Originally named The Wayside Foundation, The Ted Noffs Foundation was established in 1970 by the great Australian humanitarian, Reverend Ted Noffs, and renamed in 1992 to honour his life’s work. 

Our services are focused on helping young people with drug, crime and mental health issues and have achieved significant success. Today, we run services across NSW, ACT and QLD with over 150 staff and nearly 300 volunteers committed to helping disadvantaged young Australians.

The Role:

Noffs is looking for a passionate and dedicated Engagement Worker to deliver regular workshops, activities and interventions with at-risk young people. The role has a strong focus on quality engagement via creative arts, music, dance, spoken word, rap, performance and events.

This role is based out of The Street University Katoomba, a non-residential treatment centre to help those aged 12-25 with drug, crime and mental health issues. The centre is a unique and safe environment where young people can engage in workshops ranging from music and dance to computer coding. Evidence-based counselling is available to help our youth reduce their drug use and involvement in crime and to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities and duties include, but not limited to:

• Promote meaningful engagement by young people in programs.
• Acquire local knowledge and develop meaningful dialogue with young people.
• Develop and maintain a varied and viable program of creative arts, workshops and recreational activities for young people.
• Work with young people to ensure their ideas contribute fully to the planning and delivery of sessions, projects and activities.
• Where appropriate, provide young people with targeted interventions and support guided by Therapeutic Crisis Intervention principles.
• Look for opportunities to form and leverage community partnerships and programs.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare high quality reports.
• Manage the smooth day-to-day operations of the centre.
• Attend and actively participate in relevant meetings.

Essential Selection Criteria

• Experience in working with young people, preferably those with alcohol and other drug related difficulties.
• Experience in a community development setting.
• Initiative, creativity and practical life skills to organise positive group programs and other activities for young people.
• Ability to develop, maintain and build positive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Proven organisational skills and the ability to multi-task with attention to detail, accuracy and deadlines.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and Client Management Systems.
• Commitment to the principles of harm minimisation and to the aims of the Ted Noffs Foundation.
• Must hold and maintain a cleared NSW Working With Children Check and a current Driver Licence (provisional licence minimum).

Ted Noffs Foundation is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to First Nations People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

How To Apply

Submit your application via SEEK with a Resume and a Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria.

As interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, applicants are encouraged to apply at the earliest point and will be highly regarded. Interviews may be offered upon application.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted. For further information, contact us at ****@noffs.org.au.