Education & Employment Mentor - Youth Initiative

Foundations Care; Tamworth; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Ongoing training and career dev

Flexible working and family friendly

Professional supervision and support

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Foundations Care in Tamworth seeks an Education & Employment Mentor to guide young people transitioning from OOHC. You’ll assess histories and interests to craft education or employment plans, supporting engagement in learning and employment opportunities.

The role involves mentoring, liaising with local businesses, and coordinating with education providers to remove barriers and build pathways. Travel across the New England region is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Cert IV in related fields of Human and/or Community Services.
• National Police Check is required.
• NSW Working with Children Check is required.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a personal coach, motivate and support the young person to achieve plan goals.
• Help build study or work skills and strategies to address barriers to engagement.
• Liaise with local businesses to develop employment opportunities for young people.
• Collaborate with education and training providers and RTOs to support learners.
• Travel across the New England region as required for work.
• Engage with Initiative colleagues to keep young people engaged in education or employment.

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Networking

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Cert IV in related fields of Human and/or Community Services

Job description

The Youth Initiative (YI) is an initiative that aims to prevent homelessness among young people leaving care by building their capacity, skills and capability. The primary purpose of this position is to work alongside young people transitioning out of Out of Home Care (OOHC) services to support and mentor them to develop networks and skills for independence and successful community living.

The role of the Education & Employment Mentor is to build an understanding of the young person's history, interests, ability and aptitude to motivate the client to create and implement an education and/or employment plan with the purpose of achieving engagement in sustained learning and/or earning opportunities.

Job tasks and responsibilities

Acting as a personal coach, the Education & Employment Mentor actively motivates and supports the young person to achieve plan goals, including supporting the young person to build appropriate study or work skills, providing avenues for employment engagement, develop strategies to address barriers to engagement and celebrating achievements against plan goals. Mentors also liaise with local businesses to develop relationships to enhance opportunities for work experience or employment opportunities for young people and work closely with education and training providers and registered training organisations (RTO's) to provide support to the providers supporting our young people.

This role is a full-time fixed term contract; initially for eight (8) months, with a view to extend or move to permanent dependent on funding.

Travel for work purposes will be required across the New England region.

Skills and experience

You will ideally be an enthusiastic, knowledgeable individual with a heart for working alongside young people to assist them to develop necessary education or employment skills and motivate them to achieve their learning and earning goals.

You will show flexibility in your approach with a focus on creating a trusting relationship with young person/s but with a clear goal of achieving planned outcomes and ensuring young people remain engaged in education or employment options on an ongoing basis and as a condition of participation in the Initiative.

You will demonstrate cultural competence in your approach and interactions at all times and will adhere to Foundations Care Ltd core practice and policy frameworks, engaging in self-learning or training opportunities to further your knowledge and skills.

You will bring your knowledge and networking skills and demonstrate an ability to focus solely on building resources and strategies to improve education and employment opportunities for young people in their communities.

You will work alongside the young person and with related education and employment stakeholders, liaising with Initiative colleagues as necessary to ensure young people are, and remain, actively engaged in education and/or employment.

Training/Qualifications

Minimum Cert IV in related fields of Human and/or Community Services

Please note appointment to this role is subject to the following compulsory screening checks:

National Police Check

NSW – Working with Children Check

What we can offer you

At Foundations Care you’ll be able to access a range of benefits:

• Salary packaging
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly environment
• Professional supervision and support
• Employee Assistance Program

Foundations Care is committed to adhering to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, where children's safety and wellbeing is at the centre of our thoughts, values and actions.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately and the position will be closed when a suitable applicant has been sourced.

we welcome applications from First Nations people as well as those from diverse backgrounds!

We thank you in advance for your time, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.