The YMCA operates a number of services including child care, health and fitness, education and training, outdoor education and camping, accommodation and hospitality along with benevolent activities including the YMCA Vocational School and the Schools’ Breakfast program. As the social impact arm of the YMCA, Y-Care, trades as YMCA Social Impact and exists to serve people in our community who are disadvantaged.

YMCA Wellbeing Services aim to improve young people’s access and engagement with education through developing mental wellbeing. We achieve this through the provision of best practice individualised support pathways, including psychological intervention, counselling and case management support. In addition, we deliver evidence-based wellbeing group programs, both proactive and developmentally focused, that meet the needs of children and young people.

Wellbeing Case workers currently work within the YMCA Vocational School, supporting adolescents who have disengaged from mainstream education.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The role of a Wellbeing Case Worker located at the Redlands Senior Campus is a permanent part-time position.

Duties will include:

• Providing individualised assessment and support services to individual students and/or their families, aimed at reducing barriers to education and building positive engagement;
• Designing and delivering preventative and early intervention group programs;
• Developing the capabilities of staff by delivering YMCA’s wellbeing framework, Thrive, including the creation of resources and training other staff on all wellbeing-related matters; and
• Supporting students’ learning by coordinating support and assistance pathways both within the organisation’s multi-disciplinary team, and through external allied health and other community partners.
• Assist in the formulation of Personal Education Plans with teaching staff and resourcing staff with strategies that appropriately combat cognitive, sensory and/or social/ emotional challenges.

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a commitment to the YMCA’s mission, vision and values and will be able to meet the following selection criteria:

Essential:

• Tertiary qualifications in social work, human services, behavioural sciences or equivalent;
• Highly developed skills and experience in working with young people to provide individualised support that enables students to improve their social-emotional, academic and vocational capacities;
• Demonstrated expertise in evidence-based assessment and support for young people experiencing difficulties related to mental health and/or disability;
• Well-developed written communication skills with the ability to provide high quality professional reports and case notes;
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders;
• Demonstrated capacity to participate positively in a team environment and work across other program areas;
• Computer literacy and prior experience using a range of office software including Word and Excel;
• Current driver’s licence, current Blue Card, a National Criminal History check and first aid qualification or willingness to obtain.

Desirable:

• Postgraduate tertiary qualifications in psychology, counselling or education;
• Membership of the AASW or other professional registering organisation;
• Mental Health accreditation (Social Work)

Remuneration & Benefits:

Pay rate will be in accordance to the YMCA EBA for Vocational School, plus the capacity to salary package if applicable. In addition, the YMCA offers many employee benefits including discounted child care, and access to YMCA fitness and recreation facilities.

Applications:

To apply, please click the ‘apply’ button and submit your resume (including details of three (3) referees) and a covering letter detailing how your experience meets the selection criteria

More information about the school is available on our website: https://www.ymcabrisbane.org/ [link removed]

Our Commitment:

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we ensure that all of our candidates are appropriately screened (including police checks) to make sure that the right people are in the right roles. 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

The YMCA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding children and young people