Youth Peer Advocate
- Applications close by COB on Thursday, 26 February 2026
- Lived-Living experience role
- Role specific well-being support
- 2 positions available
- Fixed term until March 2028
- Part-time (38 hours per fortnight )
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 3, dependent on qualifications and experience + 12% Employer superannuation
- Not a current YSAS services user
About the position
YSAS is committed to:
- Co-creating solutions with young people;
- Ensuring young people are meaningfully involved in decisions that impact young people;
- Providing employment opportunities and pathways for young people with lived experience of YSAS services; and
- Valuing lived-experience expertise and embedding this in organisational systems and structures.
The Youth Peer Advocate position is a targeted position established at YSAS to enable young people (as defined under YSAS service delivery) with recent lived experience utilising YSAS services to be involved in YSAS decision making, advocating for, advising and directly influencing change within and across the organisation. Therefore, the position explicitly requires the specialist skills of a young person who has a lived experience of recently utilising YSAS services.
The Youth Peer Advocate will:
- Provide advice, support and advocacy from a lived and living experience perspective; and
- Represent the voices of young people in decision-making.
Key Selection Criteria:
- Bring lived experience expertise of YSAS services and living experience of being a young person into YSAS decision- making and represent young people in YSAS decision- making – be a voice for young people
- Ability to communicate with and engage YSAS staff and young people from diverse backgrounds and identities
- Ability to lead, inspire and be inspired by young people
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently (with support) when needed
- Willingness to practice self-care, maintain boundaries, and seek support as required
- Is curious, has an inquiring mind and is passionate about youth peer advocacy
For full details of the position, please view the POSITION DESCRIPTION below
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.
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 Lucy Rachel, Youth Participation & Privacy Acting Manager, on 0420461594 regarding the Youth Peer Advocate position – Recruitment Ref. Number- 009_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.
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