Youth worker—Student Wellbeing

About the role

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• work with students and their families to implement tailored strategies that support students' wellbeing and assist them to have a more positive educational experience
  
• work with school teams to monitor students’ wellbeing and engagement, and intervene early by providing advice and guidance to address concerns
  
• use a strengths-based approach when working with students to develop social skills and self-esteem, and support connection with peers and social networks
  
• facilitate referrals to other professionals and services, and assist students and families to access this support.
  

Working with us

As a youth worker employed with the Department of Education, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• 12.75% in employer contributions and the employee contribution rate will default to 5%
  
• annual leave, including recreation leave (4 weeks) and 17.5% loading on annual leave; sick leave (10 days); and accrual of long service leave (7 days)—if you work in a remote region, you will get an extra week of recreation leave (5 weeks in total)
  
• accrued days off (ADO) to be used for school holidays
  
• negotiable flexible work arrangements
• relocation expenses and subsidised accommodation (select areas)
• salary packaging options with RemServ or Smart Salary
• tools of the trade, such as a mobile phone and a laptop.

Mandatory requirements

In accordance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (PDF, 781KB), you must hold a current Working with Children Check clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services to work in a school.

How to apply

Visit Smart Jobs to search for current employment opportunities or set up an alert for future roles.

Tip: Search for ‘youth worker’ and select ‘education’ for ‘department or organisation’.

Further information

Find out more about:

• student health, safety and wellbeing
• roles in the wellbeing workforce
  
• additional allied health roles
  
• career and employment opportunities with the Department of Education.

If you require more information about opportunities in Queensland state schools, contact our recruitment team via WellbeingRecruitment@qed.qld.gov.au.​​