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Youth and Family Support Worker
The Role
Make a difference where it matters most.
For over 33 years, Project Youth has been supporting young people who are homeless or facing disadvantage across South Eastern Sydney. We believe every young person deserves safety, stability, and the opportunity to thrive — and we're looking for a passionate, experienced Youth and Family Support Worker to join our team.
Project Youth is committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, and people of all ages and genders. We value lived experience and welcome applicants who bring unique perspectives shaped by their own journey.
About the Role
In line with Project Youth’s strategic plan, the Youth and Family Support Worker is responsible for delivering outcomes that contribute to our purpose: to prevent youth homelessness, ensure it is brief, and that it does not reoccur.
The role will:
• Work within Project Youth’s Trauma-Informed Practice Framework, ensuring safety, trust, choice, empowerment, collaboration, culture, and peer support guide all decisions and interactions.
• Model and embed Project Youth’s values of Courage, Belonging, Creativity, Exceptional, and Compassion in day-to-day work.
• Contribute to an organisational culture that is inclusive, reflective, and centred on young people’s voices and lived experience.
The Main Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
• Support young people to remain safely at home, where appropriate, or to access safe alternative accommodation.
• Strengthen family relationships and improve communication to reduce conflict and prevent breakdown.
• Increase connections between young people, their families, and their broader community and support networks.
• Provide support coordination, advocacy, and referrals to relevant services to address underlying issues such as family violence, disengagement from education, mental health, and substance use.
• Promote safety, wellbeing, and resilience of young people through trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive practice.
• The role is integral to ensuring that young people and their families receive the right support at the right time, reducing the risk of homelessness and supporting stable, positive futures.
The Person
About You
You're an empathetic, reliable professional who values empowerment, equity, and collaboration. You bring strong communication and problem-solving skills, and you're confident working both independently and as part of a team.
To Apply:
To Apply
Please briefly address the following criteria:
Academic Qualifications and Licences
• Diploma or Degree in Social Science, Welfare or other relevant disciplines.
• Current Drivers Licence
Selection Criteria
1. Show that you have the right to work in Australia – Eligible to work under Australian law, with relevant checks and clearances (e.g., Working with Children Check, National Police Check).
2. Explain your commitment to Trauma-Informed Practice and ability to work in ways which prioritise safety, trust, choice, empowerment, collaboration, cultural responsiveness, and peer support.
3. Show how to align Project Youth values by demonstrating your commitment to acting with Courage, Belonging, Creativity, Exceptional, and Compassion.
4. Explain your cultural awareness, respect and the ability to work inclusively with people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ communities, and people with disability.
5. Proven experience working collaboratively and as part of a team. Explain your experience in contributing to a supportive and reflective organisational culture, sharing knowledge and working respectfully with colleagues, partners, and young people.
6. Discuss your professionalism and accountability, including your commitment to ethical practice, confidentiality, and compliance with all organisational policies and procedures.
7. Comment on your continuous Learning. Show your willingness to engage in supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development.
8. Show your commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accountability – Demonstrate your ability to work respectfully and inclusively with people from all backgrounds, upholding the principles of fair access, cultural safety, and social justice.
9. Proven experience in support coordination or direct support with young people at risk of homelessness, in housing, homelessness, or related services.
10. Ability to engage respectfully with young people and families experiencing complex needs (e.g., trauma, family breakdown, mental health, AOD).
11. Demonstrate strong communication and advocacy skills, including the ability to amplify young people and parent voices in safe and respectful ways.
12. Discuss your own resilience and self-care by explaining your ability to reflect on your experiences, use supervision, and engage in self-care strategies to sustain your role.
Apply NOW!
For a copy of the Youth and Family Support Worker – HYAP role description below
To apply please send an application which addresses the selection criteria within the role description and listed above to kevin@projectyouth.org.au
For any enquiries, please contact Kevin on 0413006440 COB 24th Dec 2025. Interviews for successful applicants will be held in January 2026
Please note, that applications which do not address the criteria will not be accepted and that unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.
