Senior Youth Worker - Learning Support

Carinity; Gladstone Regional; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Not-for-profit salary packaging

Employee assistance program

Professional development

Work-life balance commitment

Community impact

Job summary

Carinity Education – Gladstone is seeking a passionate Senior Youth Worker – Learning Support to lead our Youth Worker team and support vulnerable students toward positive educational outcomes. You will champion trauma-informed practices, build strong relationships with students, families and multidisciplinary teams, and provide guidance, supervision and mentoring to staff in a dynamic educational setting.

This permanent full-time role offers the chance to make a lasting impact in a

Qualifications

• Diploma of Youth Work or related discipline.
• Experience supporting vulnerable or marginalized young people.
• Knowledge of co-regulation practices and trauma-informed approaches to behaviour support.
• Experience leading and mentoring Youth Workers in complex environments.
• Maintain accurate case notes, records and reports for case management and outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication with students, families and teams.
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and LR bus licence or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and mentor Youth Workers in a dynamic educational setting.
• Champion best-practice youth work and empower students to overcome barriers.
• Provide guidance, support and supervision to the Youth Worker team.
• Foster a positive, inclusive learning environment and build trusting relationships.
• Contribute to meaningful student outcomes through collaborative approaches.

Skills

Leadership

Youth Work

Trauma-informed

Mentoring

Case notes

Communication

Education

Diploma of Youth Work

Job description

Education Gladstone | Education & Training

Make a lasting impact in the lives of young people by leading adedicated support team and helping students thrive at CarinityEducation – Gladstone.

• Empower young people to overcome challenges and achievegoals
• Join a values driven organisation where people and purposecome first
• Permanent full-time leadership opportunity in Gladstone

About the role:

Carinity Education–Gladstone is seeking a passionate, experienced, and proactive Senior Youth Worker – Learning Support (SYWLS) to joinour committed and student focused team.

In this rewarding leadership role, you will champion bestpractice youth work, providing guidance, support, and supervisionto our Youth Worker team while fostering a positive and inclusivelearning environment. You will play a pivotal role in empoweringstudents to build confidence, overcome barriers, and achievemeaningful personal and educational outcomes. Through strongrelationships, support strategies, and a commitment to studentsuccess, you will contribute to creating brighter futures for youngpeople in our community.

At Carinity, you’ll be part of a caring and values-drivenorganisation where your leadership can make a genuine differenceevery day.

What do you need for the role:

You are acompassionate and resilient youth work professional who is passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers and achieve positive outcomes. You bring strong leadership skills, astudent-centred approach, and the ability to build trustingrelationships in a dynamic and rewarding educationalenvironment.

• A Diploma of Youth Work or a related discipline
• Experience supporting vulnerable, disengaged ormarginalized young people to achieve positive outcomes
• A strong understanding of co-regulation practices andtrauma informed approaches to behaviour support
• Demonstrated experience leading, supervising and mentoringYouth Workers in a complex or challenging environment
• Maintain accurate, timely and detailed case notes, records,and reports to support effective case management and positivestudent outcomes
• Highly developed interpersonal, verbal, and writtencommunication skills, with the ability to collaborateeffectively with students, families, and multidisciplinaryteams
• Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• Current Bus Licence (LR) or willingness to obtain

The benefits of joining the Carinity team

AtCarinity Education – Gladstone, you will have the opportunity tomake a genuine difference in the lives of young people every day.Working alongside a passionate and supportive team, you will helpcreate a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment where studentscan build confidence, resilience, and pathways to success.

• Appealing not-for-profit (PBI) salary packagingoptions
• Access to an employee assistance program
• At Carinity we acknowledge the need to balance your workand personal life and are genuinely committed to this
• On-going professional development and training
• Legitimate chance to make a real difference to thecommunity, every day

Commitment to Child Safety andWellbeing

As part of our commitment to protectingchildren and young people Carinity complies with Queensland's childsafety legislation, including the Reportable ConductScheme.Prior to commencement the successful applicant mustcomplete pre-employment screening, including a Working withChildren Check and National Police Check.

Carinity actively encourages and invites applications frompeople with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople for all our positions.