Are you a skilled Youth Worker or Case Manager who can think on their feet when dealing with crisis and apply common sense solutions? Do you want to make a difference supporting young people to get their lives back on track?
We’re looking for a Youth Development Coach to work in our youth participation program, Youthlink. The Youth Development Coach provides intensive case management, and coaching supports to at-risk young people aged 12 to 21 years linking them with support services tailored to their individual needs.
YFS is a leader in Youth Services in the Logan, Redlands and surrounding areas. Our integrated approach is designed to deliver better outcomes for the young people we work with. In this role, you will collaborate with other teams across our range of services including alcohol and other drugs, transition from care, youth justice, housing and legal services. This also means there are great opportunities to develop your career.
About the job
Role location: Slacks Creek
Role type: Temporary Full-time, fixed term 12-month parental leave cover
Pay range: $92,582- $99,613 a year based on experience, with salary packaging exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available along a monthly accrued day off
In this role you will:
About you
Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related role description available from the link below, you’ll be a great fit for this role if you:
https://www.yfs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/HR13_RD_YouthDevelopmentCoach_v13_0826_102085.pdf (copy and paste to your browser)
Interested?
Apply with your resume and a one-page covering letter outlining what you will bring to the job.
People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community, are encouraged to apply.
Contact Vicky Allen or Daniel Brookes on 07 3826 1500 if you want to talk about the role.
Closing date: Friday 21st August 2026 at 4pm
Interviews will be scheduled for Thursday 3rd September 2026
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.
