Work with us
We’re a team of staff and volunteers working together to create a community where all young people are valued, included and have every opportunity to thrive.
About YSAS
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.
We are (and committed to being) a Child Safe organisation have a zero-tolerance policy on child abuse. 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. Applicants must undergo rigorous screening and recruitment processes, including providing evidence of a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) registration and undergo a National Police Check.
YSAS aims to promote employment equality, diversity and inclusion for those of all ages, colours, races, ethnic or national origins, sexual orientation, marital and parental status, physical impairment, disability and religious beliefs and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
YSAS recognises, respects, promotes and celebrates the value of diversity, adopts inclusive policies and strategies, and aims to have diversity within the YSAS workforce in line with the communities that it works with. YSAS strives to be an equal opportunity employer.
Working for YSAS
We love what we do and we will enable you to be the best you can be. We will surround you with like-minded passionate peers that share the common goal of giving our young people the best chance at life. We’ll support you with ongoing training and harness your passion.
Benefits of working at YSAS
We have a supportive team and we know supporting our young people requires evolving skills. That is why we will provide constant training and opportunities to work within our numerous programs. And if our internal training sessions or externally provided ones weren’t enough, then we have generous study leave options as well. There are always opportunities to grow and develop new skills.
We also offer generous leave options including the option for you to buy more! This is all on top of a generous remuneration package including the option for you to salary package potentially meaning more dollars in the pocket. And as a YSAS employee, you can also access our free and confidential EAP counselling program.
Best of all we have great people that share the same vision and want to make a difference. We’ll celebrate your achievements and let the team know about it. So, if that sounds like what you want then we’d be lucky to have you!
Current vacancies
Residential Youth Worker
Positions available across Fitzroy, Geelong and Birribi sites
- Casual hours per fortnight
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 3 or 4 dependent on qualifications and experience + 11% Employer superannuation
- Generous Salary Packaging
The purpose of the Residential Youth AOD Worker role is to work as part of a multidisciplinary team assisting with vulnerable young people in need of support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a Residential Youth AOD Worker you will be required to work a 24 hour roster which includes day, evening and night shifts.
Allied Health Practitioner
Collingwood
- Join the multidisciplinary Collingwood headspace team
- Admin support for appointments & billing
- AHPRA registration required
Exciting opportunity to work at Collingwood headspace supporting young people between the ages of 12-25. This role is an independent role as an Allied Health Practitioner delivering mental health support under the Better Health Medicare bulk bill model.
This is a Bulk Billing position with many benefits:
Friendly Reception team to assist in all administrative tasks such as appointment booking/rescheduling, managing correspondence/queries, billing.
Supportive multi-disciplinary team (clinicians & GPs) available to assist with any client concerns, needs or risks.
Access to the Practice Manager for new client allocation and non-attendance follow ups
Youth Peer Advocate
Head Office
- 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
- Lived experience as a young person using YSAS services recently
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews will be conducted as required. If this opportunity aligns with your career goals, we encourage you to apply promptly.
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.
Youth Worker (Outreach) Gippsland
Gippsland
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 5, dependent on qualifications and experience + superannuation
- Full Time (76 Hours per fortnight) | Permanent role
- 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
The Youth AOD Outreach Worker is responsible for the provision of specialist AOD Outreach and support for clients accessing YSAS Alcohol and other Drugs services. The key responsibilities will include AOD support; Intake & Assessment; Brief Interventions; Care Planning; Case Work; Mental Health System Navigation; Motivational Interviewing and Single Session Therapy with young people aged 12 – 25 years.
The incumbent will provide developmentally appropriate care which is holistic; family inclusive; and culturally sensitive and facilitate supported referrals to other health and social services that will enhance the broad recovery outcomes for clients. Based in Dandenong the role will deliver services across the Southern and South Eastern areas of Melbourne.