About HYPAR Group

The HYPAR Group is a collective of specialist organisations supporting young people, people with disability, and people seeking personal wellbeing and independence.

We offer a range of tailored supports, including Mentoring, Supported Independent Living (SIL), Disability Support, Residential Care, Outdoor Mentorship and Adventure Activities to participants across the South-East Queensland region.

For further information about our organisation please visit our website www.hypargroup.com.au.

About the Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced disability support workers who enjoy the outdoors to take part in an innovative program with HYPAR Wild. Our program combines therapeutic principles with outdoor adventure activities to provide experiences to our participants. This ground-breaking approach to disability support aims to build skills, capacity, confidence and self-efficacy.

We are looking to engage HYPAR Wild Mentors in the North Brisbane and South Brisbane regions with a background in disability support who are interested in providing high quality safety focused activities that enhance the lives of our participants.

For more information about HYPAR Wild please visit our website https://hyparwild.com.au.

About the Role

A day in the role of our Mentors will include:

- Become a positive role model to service users, guiding them through life as well as activities.

- Have the ability focus on relationship building, using activities as a tool to form solid bonds and provide positive experiences to participants.

- Engage our participants in outdoor adventure activities such as mountain biking, abseiling,



rock climbing, kayaking and canoeing. This can be in a 1:1 scenario or group activities

- Assist in creation of outdoor education programs and facilitate camps integrating therapeutic and educational input with adventure activities.

- Proactively seek out and mitigate potential risks within an activity and nearby workplace.

- Gather feedback on activities, complete activity reports and compile data to track improvements in the participants over time.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

- Exceptional emotional intelligence, demonstrating initiative and flexibility and be able to build strong relationships with our participants

- Is passionate about working in the outdoors and is enthusiastic about incorporating outdoor activities with a therapeutic approach.

- Physical fitness level to complete outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking, mountain biking etc.

- Be able to facilitate group activities managing participants in a dynamic environment.

- Desire to be a part of a dedicated team that also share the same focus-driven outcomes

- The ability to maintain professionalism in high-pressure situations

- Strong professional boundaries





- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal and are proficient in the use of smart phones/computers.

- The drive to do meaningful work that improves the lives of our participants

- Ability to work a flexible roster, available across morning, evening and weekend shifts including the ability to work scheduled camps as required.

Essential Requirements

You will also be required to have or ability to obtain:

- Disability support work experience - Highly Regarded

- Qualifications in outdoor activities such as High Ropes, Abseiling etc - Highly Regarded

- Qualifications in water based activities such as Kayaking and Canoeing - Highly regarded

- Paid Blue Card

- Paid NDIS Disability Worker Screening (or valid yellow card)

- Child Safety background screening check (LCS2) or willing to obtain

- Have access to a registered vehicle and full comprehensive insurance with a QLD open drivers licence

- A working android or apple smartphone

Benefits of Working at HYPAR

- Career and remuneration growth through various internal training courses

- Refer-a-mate incentive program

- Flexible workplace with casual roles and close-to-home work options to promote work/life balance

- HYPAR Wild activity days with our young people

- EAP Service available 24/7

- Support and guidance from an experienced leadership team, with on-call supervisors available 24/7

- Perform meaningful work and create a positive difference in the lives of our participants

- Portable long service leave available to employees

Please ensure you meet ALL the minimum requirements above before applying.

Only successful applicants will be contacted.

📌 Outdoor Educator/Mentor (Brisbane)
🏢 Hypar Group
📍 Brisbane