Job Description
Are you a reflective, relationship-driven practitioner who thrives in complex work and believes healing and recovery happen through connection, consistency, and genuine human care?
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Asha Practitioner
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RAYS is seeking an Asha Practitioner to join our values-aligned team and help shape one of our most important outreach programs. The Asha Program supports young people aged ***** who are experiencing significant and complex challenges and disconnection from mainstream services and supports. This role combines advanced practice expertise with mentoring and service innovation, grounded in our relational, trauma- and poverty-informed model of care.
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About the Role
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As an Asha Practitioner, you will:
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Prioritise relationship over intervention to young people and families experiencing distress, adversity, or risk of disconnection.
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Work alongside a Functional Recovery Manager in a unique two-worker model that integrates therapeutic and psychosocial support.
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Lead with curiosity and care in outreach settings (homes, schools, parks, cafes, courtrooms) meeting young people where they are.
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Co-create flexible, youth-led treatment plans that evolve over time, guided by trust, engagement, and the young person's own goals and pace
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Subtly apply psychological theory and methods to assess, understand, and support young people with complex needs
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Hold purposeful boundaries while offering unconditional positive regard, modelling relational authenticity and cultural humility.
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Contribute to program planning, reflective practice, and interagency collaboration.
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Commit to a five-day working week (38hr) with the flexibility required to meet young people in community, including some work outside standard hours.
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About You
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You are:
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Experienced – Degree qualified with relevant experience in youth, community or allied health fields
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Grounded in values – You prioritise connection, presence, and integrity in complex work, and model this for others.
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Reflective and resilient – You sustain your own wellbeing and embed self-care and reflective practice into your own routine and support a sustainable team culture.
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Inclusive and responsive – You bring cultural humility, a strong commitment to equity, and the ability to engage inclusively across diverse communities.
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Collaborative – you work well with colleagues, partners, and systems, contributing to learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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What We Offer
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Salary packaging advantages up to $15,900.
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Five weeks annual leave per year.
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A supportive, values-driven culture that invests in your growth, wellbeing, and leadership.
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About RAYS
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Redcliffe Area Youth Space (RAYS) is a place-based, not-for-profit organisation supporting young people and families across Moreton Bay. Our mission is to create safe, inclusive, healing-centred spaces where people can gather, connect, belong, and thrive.
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We walk alongside people with compassion, purpose, and respect — always focusing on strengths, relationships, and self-determination.
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We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with lived experience, and those from culturally diverse or marginalised communities.
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Cultural safety and support
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Access to cultural supervision or mentoring.
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Time and support for community engagement where relevant to the role.
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Flexible arrangements for cultural responsibilities.
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A commitment to cultural safety as a shared responsibility across the team.
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If you're ready for a role where your expertise and authenticity will make a lasting difference, we'd love to hear from you.
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Applications close 9am Monday, 14th of September ****.
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Email
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for any further information.

📌 Asha Practitioner (Perth)
🏢 Redcliffe Youth Space
📍 Perth