Ycss - Senior Youth Worker - 4.1 Ft

Position summary

Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street Youth Service, the Youth Development Service providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school hours services. The YCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing. This means that all staff, including Senior Youth Workers are working across program siloes to provide client and placed-based focused services that are flexible and responsive to needs.

With services running seven days per week, and during school holidays, the Senior Youth Worker will supervise and provide a range of safe, fun, active, creative, and culturally appropriate activities and learning experiences for children and young people on Town Camps and across our other service areas. The YCS Youth Worker will lead, support, evaluate and manage these activities. Programs will be community-led, age appropriate (6-18 years) and gender specific when appropriate, with a strong focus on mentoring and support for young people to encourage school attendance, and support their personal, cultural, and vocational growth.

The Senior Youth Workers will also work alongside other Town Camps, 3 Brown Street, and Community Safety teams to plan and deliver larger youth activities and events. Either at Brown Street or around Alice Springs area. This role includes leadership/mentoring other YCS Youth Workers and staff. Providing direct supervision and direction during shifts. As well as positive role modelling for young people.

The hours of work range from 12pm to 9.30pm, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around days and times will be provided to the successful permanent candidate.

Responsibilities

• Lead, deliver and evaluate age & gender appropriate programs and community-led youth family and community development initiatives (6-18 years old).

• Lead, support, coach, and mentor Tangentyere Youth Workers to enable them to deliver quality services.

• Promotion of youth and community safety, education, health, and wellbeing.

• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and YCS policies and procedures.

• Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation by meeting reporting requirements and providing up to date statistics for your program.

• Other duties as required.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria

Required

• Qualification and previous experience in Sport and Recreation, Youth Work, Education, Social Work, Community Development, or relevant area.

• Previous experience in working with youth at risk – preferably with Aboriginal people and communities.

• Good communication skills and ability to develop rapport and support with young people, family members and key stakeholders (internal and external).

• Current NT Drivers Licence, Ochre Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full vaccination against COVID-19.

Desired

• Previous experience working in Central Australia or a remote context.