Youth Worker

1 day ago

Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Youth Worker - Youth Development, its starts with you
- Auckland City
- Band D
- Salary from $62,670
- Police Employee, Full Time
- Job Requisition
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- JR4088401

About the role

Auckland Central East Youth Services is looking for someone to fill the Youth Worker position based at the Glen Innes Police Station. You will be seconded to Genesis Youth Trust, and work alongside Police Youth Aid with youth at risk and their families in the Auckland Central East area.

You will be in a position of trust and confidence with daily contact with local stakeholders, schools, youth clients, and community groups. The Youth Worker will work closely with families identifying any risks and issues affecting that young person's development and is expected to make the appropriate referrals or course of action.

You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and will collaborate on the delivery of meaningful intervention plans, helping our young people to visualise and achieve their full potential.

Genesis Youth Trust

Genesis Youth Trust offers a wraparound service for rangatahi referred by NZ Police and Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Children. Genesis services include Social Work, Youth Mentoring and Family & Counselling services.

Genesis values of Manaaki tangata, (servanthood), Aroha mutunga kore (Unconditional love), Tika me te pono (trust and integrity), Wairuatanga (doing what it takes with a sense of calling and purpose), Whakamana Rangatahi, empowering youth and families, Whakakotahi (teamwork), and Kē eke ki te taumata, (excellence).

**Key accountabilities**:

- Identify problems, generate solutions, and make decisions.
- Able to work effectively with whanau and other stakeholders.
- Keeping and maintaining accurate records.
- Be self-motivated and work productively with mínimal supervision.
- Ability to identify risk and make sound decisions leading to positive outcomes and able to supervise and lead youth activities.
- Have a good sense of cultural awareness, inclusion and diversity.
- A holistic intervention combining youth work, social work, mentoring, counselling, and family services to achieve lasting positive change.
- Ongoing research, innovation and best practice to shape youth programmes and interventions.

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

We are looking for applicants with the following skills, knowledge and experience:

- Recent experience in working with youth.
- Have a heart for rangatahi and whānau, with an ability to build a professional relationship and rapport through trust and perseverance.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and be computer literate.
- The ability to take professional initiative while working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Clear and committed state of mind clear about our outcomes and what we are wanting to achieve

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

**Certification Requirements**:

- Social work degree desirable but not essential

**Special Requirement**:

- Full NZ Driver’s License
- Able to clear Police vetting

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business - Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor.

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time.

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About us

Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

To achieve excellent outcomes, making a difference in the lives of vulnerable rangatahi. Enabling rangatahi to profoundly transform their lives

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