• Cairns and surrounding suburbs
• Be supported with Nationally recognised training with Aruma RTO
• $29.12 - $37.54 + NFP salary packaging increasing your take home pay

About the role

Brand new children's services are opening in Cairns and surrounding suburbs including the Northern Beaches - Trinity Beach.

Reporting to the Service Leader, you will work within the Purpose and Values of Aruma. You will be part of a high performing Youth Support Team working towards delivering a positive customer experience to those in our care. We have Permanent Part Time and casual opportunities available.

Key Focus Areas

• Provide direct care within a residential setting, ensuring a safe and nurturing home-like environment and promoting positive family relationships
• You will have resilience to work within a trauma-informed framework that makes a real difference with young people who have complex needs and challenging behaviours

Benefits

• Permanent Part Time regular rostered hours 80-100
• Access to nationally recognised training (Certificate IV) via Aruma RTO
• Mentoring by an experienced and passionate management team
• Benefits to increase your take home pay through salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program - a health and wellbeing benefit
• Interviews to be conducted face to face 4/10/22 - 7/10/22
• New Services anticipated to be open in late October or early November

What you will need

• Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential Care), or equivalent or a willingness to complete study (click here to view more details)
• Willingness to study Top Up Units Residential Care (4 Modules) through our RTO
• Experience working with young people with complex behaviours encouraged to apply
• Valid Qld driver's licence
• Valid Australian working rights
• Willingness to complete a Child Safety Screening Check
• Hold (or are willing to obtain) a Blue Card, NDIS Worker Screening Clearance, First Aid and CPR qualifications.
• A confirmation record of COVID-19 vaccination (dose 1, 2)

Skills and experience

• Availability to work any rostered shifts across a 24/7 roster model, including awake nights and sleepovers
• You are passionate about supporting young people who have experienced trauma and have a disability

Culture

People love to work at Aruma because they get the satisfaction of knowing they are Supporting people to live a great life, the life they want, the life they choose. Aruma is also BRAVE. That's what makes us a trailblazer, being part of our team means you need to meet our BRAVE behaviours (Bold, Respectful, Authentic, Value Teamwork, Excellent)

Diversity & Inclusion

Aruma is a Child Safe Organisation and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. To this end, we invite applicants to answer optional questions around Diversity and Inclusion as part of the recruitment process. The information provided will be treated in strictest confidence in accordance with Aruma's Privacy Policy.

How to Apply

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Please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Youth Worker - Cairns enquiry via EthicalJobs if you require further information.

Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered. Shortlisted applications will be required to undergo pre-employment probity checks. We will be actively shortlisting during the advertising period and reserve the right to close this advert prior to the advertised closing date.