Youth Mentor (Staying on Track)

Based in Toowoomba

Part-Time

About Goolburri

Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement Co. Ltd is dedicated to advancing health and well-being services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We advocate for culturally appropriate healthcare and work closely with community leaders to ensure Aboriginal voices are heard.

The Prospect

Staying On Track (SoT) will improve community safety and reducing reoffending by bridging the transition to the community when young people are released from detention, including 12-months of support with at least 6

months of intensive supervision to help youth offenders turn their lives away from crime. A Youth Justice case plan for a young person, known as a Service Response Plan (SRP), identifies individual risk factors across key evidence based domains, the young person’s areas of need and required intensity of response.

The Staying On Track program will work collaboratively with Youth Justice to develop, deliver and support departmental service provision by delivering the practical, cultural, social support and mentoring components of a young person’s SRP.

The Youth Mentor plays a key frontline role in supporting young people (YP) exiting youth detention to successfully reintegrate into their families, communities, and positive life pathways. Using a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and youth-led approach, Youth Mentors build consistent, positive relationships with YP before and after release. Utilise program model and goal action process to implement,



monitor and evaluate strategies to achieve positive change in young people.

They provide practical and emotional support, coordinate service responses, strengthen cultural and community connections, and assist young people to achieve the goals set out in their Service Response Plan (SRP).

Main duties include:

- Establish and maintain a consistent, positive mentoring relationship with each YP pre- and post-

release.
- Build trust and rapport through culturally respectful, youth-led, and strengths-based engagement.
- Conduct intake assessments and work with YP to develop and implement their SRP in collaboration

with stakeholders.
- Work with OzChild and other cultural mentors to strengthen YP’s connection to culture,

community, and identity. Qualifications, Background & Practical Requirements:

- Cert IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention
- Relevant qualification in youth work, community services, social work, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience working with young people in the youth justice, child protection, or community services sector.
- Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, restorative approaches, and culturally responsive service delivery.

Must haves

- Current Blue Card Holder (Working with Children Check)

- Current Driver's Licence

- LCS2 Clearance
- National Criminal History - Police Clearance

Want to know more? Please email your expression of interest and resume to Sonia Martin (Human Resource Manager) [email protected].

Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 13 October 2026.

📌 Youth Mentor (Toowoomba)
🏢 GOOLBURRI ABORIGINAL HEALTH ADVANCEMENT CO
📍 Toowoomba