Youth and Family Worker – MyLife (South)
Full-time | Pakenham Location
Salary: $88,099 to $94,790 + super + up to $18,500 salary packaging.
Make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, young people and families.
Are you...
✔ Passionate about working with children, young people and families?
✔ Ready to make a lasting impact?
✔ Keen to work within a supportive, values-driven organisation?
Ready to make an impact? We’d love to hear from you!
About Anchor
At Anchor, we walk alongside children, young people, and families to create genuine change. Our trauma-informed, strength-based practice is grounded in Advantage Thinking and Self-Determination Theory We prioritise the voices of our clients in everything we do.
About the MyLife Program
Our MyLife program supports young people at risk of entering– or transitioning out of – residential care. Funded by Targeted Care Packages, this role provides intensive, tailored support to help young people and families thrive.
You’ll deliver support across various pathways including care transitions, family reunification, and family preservation – helping clients develop independence, strengthen connections, and pursue education or employment opportunities.
What you’ll do
As a Youth and Family Worker, you’ll:
What you’ll bring
Why Anchor?
We’re committed to your wellbeing and professional growth. You'll join a passionate, supportive team that values the work you do.
We offer:
Ready to apply?
View the full position description here: 🔗www.anchor.org.au/get-involved/join-our-team
📩 For more information, contact People and Culture: employment@anchor.org.au.
🕛Applications close: Midday on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
Please note: Anchor reserves the right to commence shortlisting and interviews prior to the closing date.
Pre-employment requirements:
Our Commitment to Child Safety, Diversity & Inclusion
Anchor is a child-safe organisation. We are committed to building a
diverse workforce and inclusive culture where everyone is safe, respected and
supported.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and people
with lived experience.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
