We’re growing our team. If you want to work alongside young people and help change the systems that let them down, we’d love to hear from you.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, people from LGBTIQA+ communities, and people with lived experience of the issues facing the young people we support.
Social Worker, Young Care Leavers Legal Service
At 18, many young people leave out-of-home care and have to deal with housing, income, education and complex systems on their own. Legal problems can build up quickly, including insecure tenancies, fines and debt, family violence and early contact with police.
Our new Young Care Leavers Legal Service brings social work and legal support together for these young people. Working closely with a dedicated lawyer, you’ll support young people through legal processes, help them navigate systems, and link them in with the support they need to stay out of homelessness and the justice system.
- 0.6 FTE, 2-year contract
- SCHADS Level 5, $108,470 full-time base salary (pro rata), plus 12% super, salary packaging, 5 weeks annual leave and paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Based in Carlton, with hybrid and flexible work (1 to 2 days onsite)
Read the position description and apply on Ethical Jobs
Lawyer, Family Violence Program
Join our Family Violence Program, a team of lawyers and social workers working together to support young people under 25 who are experiencing or using family violence.
You’ll provide trauma-informed legal advice, casework and court representation, including through our duty lawyer services at Melbourne and Broadmeadows Children’s Courts. You’ll work alongside social workers to help young people increase their safety, get the support they need and reduce future contact with the justice system.
- 0.8 to 1 FTE (negotiable), 7-month contract (parental leave cover), immediate start
- SCHADS Level 5 to 6, $108,470 to $123,762 base salary (pro rata), plus 12% super, salary packaging, 5 weeks annual leave and paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Based in Carlton, with hybrid work (2 to 3 days onsite, at court or outreach)
Applications are reviewed as they come in, so apply as soon as possible.
Read the position description and apply on Ethical Jobs
Board Members (Voluntary)
We’re looking for up to 4 new volunteer Board members to help guide Youthlaw, strengthen our impact and shape our future. It’s a chance to use your skills, experience and networks to make a real difference for young people across Victoria.
This year, we’re especially looking for:
- An accounting or finance professional who’d like to be mentored by our current Treasurer, with the opportunity to step into the role
- A fundraising and philanthropy connector with strong links across funders and philanthropy
- A young person under 25 to help keep young people’s voices at the centre of our decisions
We also welcome people with other skills and perspectives. You don’t need to have been on a Board before.
- Initial 2-year term, with meetings every second month after work hours
- Board members are elected at our AGM on 19 November 2026
- You must be a Youthlaw member to nominate. Become a member here
Read more and apply on Ethical Jobs
Know Your Rights: become a content creator with Youthlaw
Youthlaw is looking for young Victorians aged 18–25 to help create a series of short videos about legal rights, made by young people, for young people.
We’ll pay you to co-design and produce 20 short videos for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts, covering the everyday legal issues young people actually run into, police powers, fines, online safety, phone contracts and buy-now-pay-later, and how to get free legal help. No legal or video experience required. We’ll bring the legal knowledge. We want your voice, your ideas and your platform know-how.
Applications close on Friday 30 October
About the project
Youthlaw is Victoria’s specialist community legal centre for young people under 25. We provide legal help, social work support, and education so young people can understand and assert their rights.
Too much legal information is written for lawyers, not for the people who actually need it. This project flips that. Instead of Youthlaw telling young people what the law says, we’re partnering with young content creators to shape how that information gets made and shared, in formats young people already use and trust.
What’s involved
Up until June 2027, you’ll take part in:
- 8 co-design workshops
- Content production labs
- Reflection labs
Sessions can be face-to-face or online, so young people from all across Victoria are encouraged to express their interest.
Who we’re looking for
- Aged 18 to 25
- Living in Victoria, anywhere across the state
- Curious about legal rights and keen to help other young people understand them
- Comfortable creating content for TikTok, Instagram or YouTube, whether that’s through formal experience or just posting for fun
We want the Collective to reflect the diversity of young Victorians, so we especially encourage applications from young people across different ages, genders, cultural backgrounds, regional and rural communities, and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA+ and disability communities, as well as those with experience of legal issues.
You don’t need to already know the law. You don’t need a production background. We’re looking for people who understand what makes young people stop scrolling, and who want to use that for something that matters.
Pay
This is a paid opportunity. You’ll be paid for your time, including workshops, labs, preparation and check-ins.
Your rights as a participant
You’re in control of your involvement. You can skip topics you’re not comfortable with, take a break, or leave a session at any time. We’ll check in with you before and after each session, and support is available throughout, including if you want to step back from the project altogether. You’ll be asked to provide informed consent before you start, and you can withdraw that consent at any time.
How to apply
Fill out our short expression of interest form here. It takes about 10 minutes.
Prefer to talk it through instead? Contact Casey, Media and Communications Lead at [email protected] or (03) 9113 9500.
This project has been supported by funding from the Telematics Trust