• Part Time and Casual

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

Part time and casual positions working directly with children and young people with trauma background and significant disability in a 24/7 residential setting with fortnightly rotating rosters which may include active night shifts and weekend shifts. The successful candidate will be part of establishing a new therapeutic care home in the Lismore Area (within a 1 hour radius of Lismore).

The children and young people you will support have come from backgrounds of trauma, abuse and neglect and so, it is expected that you will support our clients that display challenging behaviours including verbal and physical aggression in your day to day work. As these children and young people also have significant disability, you will be required to assist with activities of daily living including personal care and medication administration.

The successful candidate will have a Diploma in community services or similar, experience working with children and young people with trauma background and/or disabilities and an understanding of providing best support to children and young people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours living in a residential setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day to day care, supervision and transport to children and young people
• Actively participate in activities and encourage community engagement whilst increasing competencies of young people
• Develop, implement and monitor individual plans 
• Follow medication, hygiene and meal management plans
• Crisis intervention management
• Lifting/manual handling
• Provision of personal care
• Support the involvement of family
• Maintenance of progress notes and report writing

Skills & Experience

• Diploma in Community Services, Youth Work or similar
• Experience in working with people with a disability and/or children and young people.
• A current First Aid Certificate
• A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence
• Ability to work various shifts (including sleepover & active nights) throughout the week

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Join a growing organisation with career opportunities nationally.
• Hourly rate from $31.31 per hour + superannuation (dependent on qualifications).
• Receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax free through salary packaging benefits.
• Wellbeing support through access to an Employee Assistance Program.
• Professional development through ongoing training, including training in Cornell University’s Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.

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 Kestra Caller at [email protected] using the subject line: Therapeutic Support Worker - Significant Disability - Lismore enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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).