Workshop Facilitator

HumanKapital; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fly-in Fly-out

Fantastic culture

Make a difference

Job summary

HumanKapital is seeking casual Workshop Facilitators to support the PCYC Capricorn Coast in Rockhampton. You will run 2- and 3-day workshops with young people aged 8-17, sometimes involving families, under trauma-informed and culturally safe practices.

You'll work with Case Workers and Peer Mentors, plan and deliver engaging activities, and provide progress reports. Availability across weekends and outside normal hours is required to support program delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating programs for youth and families.
• Ability to engage with people from diverse backgrounds with fairness and respect.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice in educational settings.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver high quality educational/developmental workshops.
• Engage with young people, their families and networks using trauma-informed methods.
• Collaborate with external facilitators and community organisations.
• Provide reports on progress and make recommendations.
• Availability outside normal business hours and across weekends.

Skills

Facilitation

Trauma-informed practice

Youth engagement

Cultural safety

Communication skills

Job description

About the Organisation

Our client is Australia’s leading peer-led youth trauma recovery organization, dedicated to supporting at-risk youth aged 8-17. Their mission is to empower young people by fostering healing and resilience through shared experiences. They do this by creating safe spaces, where young people with lived experience support each other to heal from trauma, make meaningful peer connections, improve mental wellbeing and overcome life challenges.

About the Role

We are looking for a pool of casual Workshop Facilitators working out of the PCYC Capricorn Coast (Rockhampton region). Workshop Facilitators work closely with a Case Worker, Peer Mentors and other key stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of the regional reset program intensive weekend workshops. These 2- and 3-day workshops include co-facilitated group work with young people as well as occasionally their families and extended support networks.

Your responsibilities within this role may include:

• Planning and delivering high quality educational and/or developmental programs and activities.
• Engaging with young people, their families and extended networks applying trauma-informed practice, open dialogue principles and culturally safe practices in your interactions.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders such as outsourced workshop facilitators, local community organisations, external business and service providers - supporting ongoing partnerships promotion and community development
• Role modeling safe, positive and professional relationships with co-facilitators.
• Provide reports on the progress of the project workshops, providing feedback and recommendations where required

Please note this role requires availability both outside of normal business hours and across weekends on an ongoing basis.

About You

• Experience in facilitating impactful programs for young people, their families and wider support networks
• Understanding of and capability to engage with people from a range of social and cultural backgrounds, treating everyone with fairness and respect
• Extensive knowledge and/or lived experience of the challenges and issues experienced by young people affected by crime and the justice system.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Essential Requirements

• Queensland Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• National Police Record Check
• Willingness to achieve a First Aid Certificate

Additional information

• Fantastic culture
• Make a meaningful difference to today's youth
• Fly in fly out