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
Senior Practitioner
Sunshine West
- Part-time (60.8 Hours per fortnight) | Fixed Term until May 2027
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 6 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
The KEYS (Keep Embracing Your Success) Specialist Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Practitioner role is funded by the Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH), delivered in partnership with Anglicare to provide a specialist Youth AOD service to young people involved in the child protection system and living in the KEYS residential therapeutic residential homes. The KEYS AOD practitioner will provide support, advice and planning guidance to staff in the Northwest region of KEYS homes through specialist secondary consultation, AOD education, AOD assessment, referral and linkages.
YSAS in conjunction with Anglicare deliver AOD Support Services for young people aged 12 – 17 years who experience complex emotional and behavioural difficulties and are currently in residential care in the KEYS program. The KEYS AOD Practitioner will be based in Sunshine and will be a part of the sunshine AOD team.
Youth Participation and Communication Officer
Collingwood
- Part-time (30.4 Hours per fortnight)
- Fixed Term until December 2026
- Remuneration SCHCADS level 4 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
This role is based at headspace Collingwood and is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the headspace Collingwood Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). The YAC is an essential component of the headspace model, and members are involved in a consultative capacity at all levels of service. Their role is to ensure our headspace is youth appropriate, acceptable, accessible and sustainable. Members are provided with ongoing training and development, and the opportunity to use their youth voice to improve and develop local services. This role will also create and implement headspace Collingwood’s social media strategy and manage the website.
Youth Vocational Specialist Worker
headspace Frankston
- Full Time (76 Hours per fortnight) | Fixed Term – 12 months
- 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
To work as part as an integrated team within YSAS/headspace Frankston to provide vocational assistance to young people with mental illness up to the age of 25 within the Frankston region. The aim of this program is to improve educational and employment outcomes for young people with mental illness.
The IPS Program will help address the additional barriers to employment faced by this cohort. As such the vocational specialist will need to have advanced assessment and planning skills as well as draw on a range of interventions which will enhance the likelihood of vocational engagement for participants. The successful applicant will need to be able to contribute to the development of the program as well as participate in program evaluation activities. This role requires someone who is dynamic and can build the networks and relationships required to enhance vocational outcomes.