Reconnect Family Services Limited Looking for Youth Worker Supported/Flexi Bail at Auckland CBD, Auckland Full Time

Reconnect Family Services works with a range of young people with high and complex needs, offering a number of programmes that provide care & protection and youth justice services.  We believe in reconnecting children and young people to make a positive contribution to whānau, community and society.

We are looking to appoint an energetic, reliable, and driven Youth Worker into our Supported Bail program specifically for our Flexi-bail service. The role is full time and supports our young people across the Auckland region. 

Flexi-bail is a support system that will see you working with youth at key times, where support and mentoring is needed most in order to make the biggest impact upon their journey. Flexi-bail is for up to 6 weeks or until a young person’s FGC plan is approved in the Youth court.  The young person is picked up and returned to their bail address between the hours: 

Thursday 3.00pm to 9.00pm 

Friday & Saturday 3pm to 10pm

Sunday 12noon to 6pm

To round out a 5-day service, one of your days (Monday to Wednesday) may be used to mentor the young person for court hearing, FGC and reporting requirements. Staffing of 2 Supported Bail youth workers to work after hours on request.

We would like you to have:

• Strong relationship building abilities and the ability to work within a team
• Good oral and written communication skills
• An affinity for our client base
• Resilience, empathy, and understanding 
• A can-do attitude and desire to learn
• Understanding of, and commitment to, Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Experience in the industry is preferred but not a must-have. Some of the best Youth Workers make the move into the industry because of their own life experience. If this is you, we’d still love to see your application.
• A full driver’s licence and satisfactory Police and Oranga Tamariki vetting checks are a requirement for the role.

Included in the package for this role:

• Annual salary
• Use of a company vehicle available for personal use outside of work hours. Fuel card, WoF, registration, insurance, maintenance covered by Reconnect.
• Fully subsidised health insurance which can be extended to family members at a discounted rate
• Fully funded Level 4 Youth Work qualification
• Full training and development opportunities
• A vibrant, caring work environment 

If you are motivated to provide quality support to our rangatahi, you will be part of the Reconnect whānau driven to influence positive outcomes for rangatahi. This is challenging, fun, and important mahi.

If you are interested in supporting our rangatahi, apply directly through Seek.