- Full time role available in our brand new Shellharbour centre
- Make a positive difference to the lives of young people in the community
- Join a team that is passionate, inclusive and supportive
This is an Aboriginal Identified Position – authorised under the S14d of the NSW Anti Discrimination Act 1977
About us
headspace provides support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing mild to moderate or emerging mental health issues. We are creating a multidisciplinary team at headspace Shellharbour work to improve health, social, vocational and educational outcomes for young people.
Grand Pacific Health is a not-for-profit, primary health care organisation and is the lead agency of both headspace centres. We provide locally-tailored, high quality physical and mental health services from 25 locations across NSW and the ACT.
About the position
If you are passionate about Youth Mental Health and want to make a positive difference to the lives of young people and their families, we would love for you to join our headspace team as a Youth Access Worker.
The Youth Access Worker provides a welcoming first point of contact for young people and their family seeking support from headspace Shellharbour.
The position will undertake assessments and triage appropriate referrals. In conjunction with the headspace team, the Youth Access Worker will coordinate the transition to appropriate support and treatment streams within and external to headspace as well as provide short term counselling interventions.
The Youth Access Worker will provide outreach as required to improve reach and enhance access to services with priority to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. They will also support community engagement opportunities where appropriate.
This role is a fixed-term full-time opportunity (38 hours per week) to 30 June 2025 with possibility of extension. We can be flexible on preferred hours worked.
This position will initially be based in our GPH hubs in Wollongong until the headspace Shellharbour office is established in early 2024.
Why join GPH?
- Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- Generous salary packaging options
- We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support!
We are looking for someone with:
- An Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity and be an active member within the local Aboriginal communities
- Qualifications or working towards same, in a relevant field including youth work, community welfare, social work, psychology, peer work, occupational therapy, counselling or other related qualifications or demonstrated experience in a similar role
- Demonstrated understanding of the health and wellbeing needs of young people, and a passion for providing support to them.
- Experience in providing counselling services to young people and their families.
Interested?
Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the ‘apply’ button to submit your application.
During application you will have the opportunity to provide information responding to all selection criteria in the position description. Please ensure that you address all criteria, or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process.
For more information contact: Charo Serventy, Service Manager headspace Shellharbour & Kiama on 0448 274 131 or [email protected]
Applications close: 12 November 2023
*Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, people from the LGBTQI community, young people from multicultural communities and young people with a disability.
Selected applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination.