About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees 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

As a Family Contact Worker, you will be responsible for monitoring family visits between children or young people and their families, ensuring the safety and well-being of the child or young person and those participating in the visit as well as providing occasional transportation and mentoring to children.

The successful candidate will have tertiary qualifications or relevant experience in social work or related, an unrestricted drivers licence and a fully insured vehicle with child lock system, back seat capacity and functioning connections for a 0-4 year old’s car seat and be available for casual shifts across 7 days including morning, afternoon/evening and weekends within Newcastle and surrounding areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and facilitate contact between the child or young person and the family member
• Ensure the safety and well-being of the child or young person and those participating in the visit
• Establish rapport with children and young people through mentoring
• Provide transportation
• Complete report writing after each contact with a child or young person
• Access rostering and shift information through email and calendar

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in relative field or similar, or relevant experience and skills to undertake the position with the desire to complete relevant qualifications.
• Unrestricted and Current Drivers Licence
• Your own fully insured vehicle, child lock system, back seat capacity and functioning connections for a 0-4 year old’s car seat
• Current Senior First Aid Certificate 
• Confident in using a variety computer systems and outlook
• Previous experience working with children and young people.
• Passion & commitment to improving the quality of life, skills and independence of children and young people

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisation
• Multiple Positions available
• Flexible working arrangements

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected], using the subject line: Family Contact Workers - Broadmeadow enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview. 

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).