• Flexible, casual roles
• Make a difference to young Tasmanians
• Great training and career opportunties

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.    

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Life Without Barriers is expanding its services in north west Tasmania and is seeking to engage with individuals who are interested in a career in the youth care sector.  

As a MAPSS Worker (Mentoring & Personalised Support Services) you will work with children and young people to build capacity across a number of life domains. These roles are very flexible and may support the child or young person in a range of community, school or home environments. The successful candidates will have experience working with children and young people with extreme behaviours and complex needs. Qualifications and experience in youth mental health are desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing services to children, young people, adults and families working across child safety services, mental health, disability and education and developing individually tailored goals and action plans;
• Providing timely reporting to applicable line manager including; outlining activities and progress toward identified goals.
• Assisting program participant in accessing recreational, vocational and educational activities and life skill development in line with program participant plans and funding body agreements.
• Promoting and encouraging positive relationships with peers and other persons significant to the program participant and develop and maintain social skills that assist in building personal networks;
• With relevant training and close supervision; facilitate the delivery of the Parenting under Pressure (PUP) program including participant assessment;

Skills and Experience

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues relating to children and young people with a disability, and children and young people with extreme behaviours and complex needs;
• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals, families and/or groups from strength-based culturally appropriate perspectives.
• Commitment to improving the quality of life, skills and independence of young people in need and young people with a disability.
• Current first aid certificate and drivers licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and hold Tasmania Working with Vulnerable People Registration 

For any enquiries contact Lisa Hurd, Recruitment Advisor, lisa.hurd@lwb.org.au.

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