Shift Senior Residential

Youth Support and Advocacy Service; Geelong; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Additional leave entitlements

Learning and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) in Geelong is seeking a Shift Senior to lead a multidisciplinary team within a residential unit, delivering evidence-based care to young people. The role includes rostering, staff supervision, and ensuring adherence to professional and legal standards.

It requires working a 24-hour roster, with this specific position currently on night shifts. YSAS emphasises flexible working, additional leave entitlements, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• 1. Experience and demonstrated understanding of working with young people with problematic alcohol and drug issues in a residential setting and within the context of harm reduction.
• 2. Ability to practice a range of interventions appropriate to a drug and alcohol withdrawal and rehabilitation service.
• 3. Highly developed engagement and communication skills with young people from diverse backgrounds and ages.
• 4. Proven ability to provide effective shift leadership to a multidisciplinary team, including rostering and compliance.
• 6. Experience in development and maintenance of internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• 7. Developed report writing and data management/analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the residential unit and supervise youth workers and support staff.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, rostering, and compliance with policies and legislation.
• Model core values of YSAS and deliver evidence-based care to optimise outcomes for young people.

Job description

Youth Support and Advocacy Service – Geelong VIC

Remuneration SCHCADS level 5 dependent on qualifications and experience + superannuation

5 weeks Annual Leave

Up to $15,900 for living expenses + up to $2,600 towards meals and entertainment can be tax-free through NFP Salary Packaging

• Remuneration SCHCADS level 5 dependent on qualifications and experience + superannuation




• 5 weeks Annual Leave




• Up to $15,900 for living expenses + up to $2,600 towards meals and entertainment can be tax-free through NFP Salary Packaging

About us

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive, youth specific community service organisation that enables young people experiencing serious disadvantage to access the resources and support they require to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

YSAS is a Child Safe organisation. We actively promote the safety and wellbeing of young people, and are committed to protecting young people from harm or abuse who come into contact with and/or access our service.

At YSAS we are committed to people of a diversity of backgrounds and identities being included, represented, and having the opportunity to participate equally in the life of our organisation and the communities in which we provide our services. We strive to create the conditions where people feel safe, enfranchised and valued. We value lived-living experience wisdom, insight, and knowledge.

About the position

The Shift Senior role is recognised as a leader within the team. The role forms part of the leadership group of the unit, and works as a delegate of the Unit Manager to model the core values of YSAS through effective leadership and management of the youth workers and support staff.

This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence based care that meets professional, organisational, legal and ethical standards in order to optimise outcomes for the young people.

This role will be required to work a 24 hour roster which may include day, afternoon, and night shifts. However, this specific position is only night shifts at this stage.

Key Selection Criteria

• 1.Experience and demonstrated understanding of working with young people with problematic alcohol and drug issues in a residential setting and within the context of harm reduction.


• 2. Ability to practice a range of interventions appropriate to a drug and alcohol withdrawal and rehabilitation service.


• 3. Highly developed engagement and communication skills with young people from a range of backgrounds (including cultural awareness) and age groups


• 4. Demonstrated ability to provide effective shift leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality service provision. This includes overseeing the day-to-day operations of a Residential Unit, including staff rostering, compliance with relevant legislative requirements, and adherence to organisational policies and procedures.


• 6. Experience in the development and maintenance of internal and external stakeholder relationships.


• 7. Developed report writing skills and data management and analysis

What our young people request from our workers:

Young people across YSAS have spoken out and given feedback about the qualities that best describe a good YSAS worker:

“A good worker takes the time to understand your interests and doesn’t treat everyone the same.”“ Young people believe that a good YSAS worker is empathetic and good at actively listening in a non-judgmental way, is relatable, down-to-earth and able to build trust and rapport in a consistent manner\". “It takes time to trust someone, but it’s worth it when you know they’ve got your back\". Young people have also raised that genuine human connection is an important quality, “being authentically human”, while having a holistic, flexible, and adaptable approach that considers the entire context of a young person’s life and their intersectionalities. “It’s about making sure workers don’t just tick boxes but genuinely want to see us thrive”

Regardless of where they are based or what position a worker has, everything we do at YSAS is about young people and their families.

For full details of the position, please view the POSITION DESCRIPTION below

Why work with us?

• YSAS has a true commitment to flexible working, ensuring that individual, team and client needs are met


• YSAS offers additional leave entitlements such as gender affirmation, ceremonial leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, fertility leave, blood donors leave, a generous Parental Leave Scheme and the ability to purchase additional leave.


• Access to learning and development opportunities


• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Please Note:

• As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.


• You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Thomas Brennan, Residential Manager on 0429997*** regarding the Shift Senior Residential position, Recruitment Ref. Number – 073_2026.

• YSAS is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.


• YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.