Community Engagement & Youth Participation Officer
- Applications close by COB on Wednesday, 1st May 2024
- Generous Salary Packaging
- Employee Assistance Program available
- Fixed- Term until 30 June 2025
- Part time (45.6 hours per fortnight)
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 5 dependent on qualifications and experience + 11 % Employer superannuation.
About the position
Community Engagement & Youth Participation Officer (CEYP) role is integral in supporting access and engagement of young people to the services and programs offered at headspace and partner agencies. This role is based at Frankston, and coordinates in-centre and outreach based community engagement activities, information, resources and help. This role is responsible for coordinating community engagement activities, health promoting and awareness raising communications via our headspace Frankston website and social media channels; facilitation of our Youth Advisory Committee and establishment of a new Family & Friends Advisory Committee in collaboration with headspace Rosebud CEYP Officer.
As a service that works closely with our community, the Community Engagement role serves as a link with local young people, groups, agencies and schools and works collaborative with key youth workers and other team members within our team. Activities include health promotion, mental health literacy, fundraising, promotion of help seeking behaviours and the organisation and promotion of events such as Mental Health Week and headspace Day.
Some of your key responsibilities will be:
- Represent headspace to various agencies and professional networks, the local community and young people.
- Administer and support content creation of headspace Frankston website and social media accounts
- Facilitate the Youth Advisory Committee, including recruitment, training and meeting organisation in collaboration with hsR CA&E YP Officer
- Coordination of locally focused engagement, awareness and education sessions based on local population priorities, presenting or emerging needs of young people
- Inform and disseminate health promoting information, resources and brief intervention sessions
- Engage with headspace and other in reaching services staff at Frankston to provide updates on youth engagement and awareness raising initiatives locally
For full details of the position, please view the POSITION DESCRIPTION below.
Please note:
- Service delivery aspects of the role may be modified in order to comply with Victorian Government COVID-19 guidelines.
- 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 Jessica Van Zeil, Team Leader, on 0428090184 regarding the role of Community Engagement & Youth Participation Officer – Recruitment Ref. Number 039_2024.
- 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.
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