Positions Vacant

The following positions are currently vacant at Boys' Town Engadine:

To apply for a position with Boys' Town Engadine please download an application package below:

Youth Worker/Residential Carer - (Permanent Part-time 29 hours per week plus rostered sleepovers)

To join a creative, dynamic, caring team of 5 multidisciplinary professionals working with a small group of adolescent boys and their families towards family restoration.

Essential Criteria

Ability to manage a residential unit with another worker
Ability to engage positively with young people
Administration skills
Availability for shiftwork and sleepovers during the week
Current drivers licence
Current First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain
Commitment to the philosophy of Boys' Town

Desirable Criteria

Qualifications and/or experience in welfare/youth work
Recreational, creative and/or sporting skills.

Youth Worker / Residential Carer - Job Description

This position is subject to a Working With Children Check.

Conditions in accordance with the Social and Community Services Award Grade 3.

Application packages : jonathan@boystown.net.au or phone (02) 9520 8555

Forward applications to: jonathan@boystown.net.au or post to Business Manager, Boys' Town Engadine, PO Box 99 Engadine NSW 2233.

Youth Activities Officer / Life Skills Social Educators - (Permanent)

Applications are sought from suitably qualified people for a permanent position as a Youth Activities Officer / Life Skills Social Educator. This position requires creative and innovative people who meet the following selection criteria.

Selection Criteria:

Formal qualifications in youth work, sport and recreation or other certified training in outdoor pursuits
To program and deliver life skills and social education experiences
To organise and conduct camps
To facilitate a range of outdoor activities such as abseiling, canoeing, sailing
To tutor and assist in resume writing and careers awareness
To deal effectively with challenging behaviour
Current first aid certificate or willingness to obtain
Current drivers licence
To work within the philosophy of Boys' Town
Sound organisational skills and broad range of ideas

Youth Activities Officer / Life Skills Social Educators - Job Description

Conditions in accordance with the Social and Community Services (State) Award.

Applications should include a covering letter, addressing selection criteria and resume and reach Boys' Town by 17 September 2007.

Enquiries: Jonathan Browning - 9520 8555

Applications to jonathan@boystown.net.au or by post to:

Business Manager, Boys' Town Engadine, PO Box 99 Engadine NSW 2233

Child Protection Legislation applies to all positions at Boys' Town.

Youth Worker/Residential Carer - (Casual including rostered sleepovers)

To join a creative, dynamic, caring team of 5 multidisciplinary professionals working with a small group of adolescent boys and their families towards family restoration.

Essential Criteria

Ability to manage a residential unit with another worker
Ability to engage positively with young people
Administration skills
Availability for shiftwork and sleepovers during the week
Current drivers licence
Current First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain
Commitment to the philosophy of Boys' Town

Desirable Criteria

Qualifications and/or experience in welfare/youth work
Recreational, creative and/or sporting skills.

This position is subject to a Working With Children Check.

Conditions in accordance with the Social and Community Services Award Grade 3.

Application packages : jonathan@boystown.net.au or phone (02) 9520 8555

Forward applications to: jonathan@boystown.net.au or post to Business Manager, Boys' Town Engadine, PO Box 99 Engadine NSW 2233.