Mentor. Casual - Adelaide

About theOrganisation

Every day Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people working collaboratively with families carers and communities to ensure they have the environment they deserve in order to flourish and grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people living with a disability to apply.

About the Role

Life Without Barriers are looking for Youth Mentors to work with young people in our Specialist Foster Care and CARE School Retention Mentoring programs across the Adelaide regions.

Mentors work with the young people (who range in age between 6 17 years old) assisting them in a range of ways by modelling and establishing positive relationships with peers and adults; and modelling appropriate behaviours in terms of interpersonal interaction life skills employment education and leisure.

Our mentoring sessions occur either after school or on weekends (there may be some flexibility during school holidays). Weekend penalties apply time and a half for Saturdays and double time for Sundays.

Please note : This role is being offered as casual position (minimum 3 hours per week available) however we cannot guarantee hours every week.

We are hoping to find five new mentors specifically located in or happy to travel South of Adelaide i.e. Morphett Vale Meadows and / or more central to the CBD.

Key Responsibilities

Mentors are carefully matched to a child or young person via a range of areas including personality interests and hobbies skill base as well as matching to gender and location.

Mentors are an important part of the care team that supports children and young people under the Guardianship of the Chief Executive living in foster care and residential care by assisting them in a range of ways :

• Modelling and establishing positive relationships with peers and adults
• Providing pathways or linkages to increased opportunities with education employment and community connections
• Accessing and facilitating recreational and sporting activities

Essential requirements :

• Either hold and maintain; or be actively working towards a Certificate IV in Child Youth and Family Intervention or a recognised relevant community service qualification.
• Current Safe Environments Through Their Eyes certificate (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement).
• Senior First Aid Certificate and CPR Certification (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement).
• A current Australian drivers licence (P2 or above)
• Reliable & roadworthy vehicle with insurance (Third Party Property at a minimum)

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check NDIS Check and South Australian Working with Children Check

How to Apply

Include your resume click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments contact with the subject heading Mentor- SA. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address they must be submitted online.

Applications will close at midnight on June 30th 2025

Key Skills

Developmental Disabilities Experience,Behavior Management,Computer Skills,Conflict Management,Autism Experience,Case Management,Teaching,Curriculum Development,Child Protective Services,Experience with Children,Mentoring,Word Processing

Employment Type : Gig

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1