• Short-term opportunity 
  
• Weekdays during business hours
  
• Randwick location 

Why choose to volunteer with Red Cross?

• You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community
• It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences
• You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people in NSW

The program 

Australian Red Cross Young Parents Program (YPP) works to ensure best outcomes for children and families by improving the capacity of young parents with complex needs aged 13 to 25, to live and parent independently. YPP is designed to meet the needs of a highly vulnerable group in the community, pregnant and parenting young women and men who are unable to access elsewhere the safety, security and support required to parent effectively. YPP takes a strengths-based early intervention approach, building the capacity of young parents to live independently in appropriate housing, develop parenting and life skills to ensure best outcomes for their children and break the cycle of intergenerational trauma, abuse and neglect. 

The opportunity 

Australian Red Cross recognises that placements give students the opportunity to gain specific skills to their subject or industry of choice as well as the employability skills required for real-life work. It also increases their knowledge of an industry or sector, allowing them to make better informed decisions about their future career choices. It will also provide a helpful insight into organizational culture, professional socialisation, applied skills and working relationships.

We recognise the diversity of competencies students develop as part of the experience with us.
For this role you will need good conversational skills and the ability to relate to and empathise with a broad range of people, including those with different lived experiences, abilities, and cultures.  
You will be comfortable using computers.

Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the world’s largest humanitarian network.      

The impact 

As a student on placement, you will help young parents to improve their capacity to live and parent independently. You will have the opportunity to learn from many people’s diverse history and knowledge, as well as feeling the satisfaction of giving back to others.     

Application requirements

• For this role you will be required to undertake a National Police Check, which will be organised through Red Cross.  
• To submit this an application you will be need to upload a recent copy of your CV and/or provide details for two professional references. 
• You will need a NSW Working With Children Check.  
• You will need to hold a current AUS Drivers License.
• You will need to consent to being registered on the Residential Risk Register. 

Further information 

To find out more about this opportunity please contact the YPP Team via email at  [email protected].

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities, please visit our website https://www.redcross.org.au/careers/