Youth Specialist - Martu Hostel

54 reasons partners with Jamukurnu-Yapalikurnu Aboriginal Corporation (JYAC) to manage Martuku Jijiku Maya (Martu Student Hostel) in Newman. The Hostel aims to support Martu students from remote communities in the Pilbara to attend Newman District Senior High School. Working in close collaboration with Martu people and community, we are led by Martu elders and culture in our program development, decision-making, and daily operations. 

If you share the vision to provide access to education and opportunities for Martu Students in their own lands - we invite you to join us!   

54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.    

A place where your purpose matters. Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity. 

A place to make a difference:  

In these roles, you’ll be based in our Martuku Jijiku Maya (Martu Student Hostel) in Newman, Western Australia. Reporting to our Team Leader, you’ll be responsible for providing high quality supervision, support, and leadership for up to 11 student residents at the Hostel. A variety of shifts are required including weekday and weekend shift, day shifts, morning shifts, afternoon shifts, evening shifts, split shifts, and sleepover shifts.

We have multiple roles available:

• Part time (ideally approximately 25 hours per week)
• Full time
• Casual (as needed)

You will make a difference by:

• Developing case management plans for the students, using a strengths-based trauma informed approach
• Facilitating activities designed to increase social and emotional wellbeing, life skills and education attainment
• Developing strong relationships with clients, their families, the broader team, partner agencies and community
• Carrying out monitoring and evaluation through maintaining accurate case notes and collecting relevant data
• Carrying out other duties as needed at the hostel, including cooking and cleaning

A place to feel valued:

You’re an energetic, passionate, and committed youth practitioner with a deep understanding of the impact of complex intergenerational trauma. Your highly developed cultural awareness and openness to learning will enable you to build trusting relationships with the students and strengthen their connection to community and culture.

Bringing your best every day means:

• Demonstrated skills and experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
• Demonstrated experience in youth work / case management roles
• A thorough understanding of child protection concerns and processes

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:  

• Remote location allowance
• Relocation assistance, and rental subsidy, if relocating from elsewhere*
• Air conditioning subsidy*
• 5 weeks’ annual leave, in addition to regular leave benefits*
• Award rate salary (SCHADS Level 4) plus access to full PBI salary packaging benefits* - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you

* These benefits are not available to casual employees.

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.  

Does this sound like the place for you?  

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.  

There’s no close date as this is an ongoing vacancy, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in and the ad will be closed once we’ve filled enough positions – so don’t delay in applying!

Position Description: Youth Specialist - Martu Student Hostel

For more information about the program and the team that this role works in, see our Program Profile. For any queries, please contact Jodie Patching on jodie.patching@54reasons.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.  

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.  

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.  

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation. 

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.