• Casual 
• Starting rate $40.67 per hour + super + penalties rates 
• Car and licence required | Working across the Moreton Bay area 
• Work within the CARE framework | Foster care and Residential settings
• $300 bonus payment in recognition for completing all 10 modules prior to starting your first day 
• Prior experience with Trauma based behaviours essential

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

 About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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, people with disability, mature-aged and those returning to the workforce to apply.

About the Role

We are seeking dedicated and reliable candidates who are passionate about supporting young people that display complex and challenging behaviours, as well as children with dual mental health and disability diagnosis. This role would also provide the ideal opportunity for those with experience in nursing, teaching, child protection and youth justice who are seeking a change of scenery.  Our ideal candidate will work closely with other staff to assist young people to heal from their trauma and achieve their potential whilst planning for permanency.

Working in line with the CARE model you will strive to enhance the lives of children and young people in our Child, Youth & Family programs incorporating a therapeutic, trauma informed approach. The Youth Worker provides direct care and mentoring of children and/or young people with a wide range of responsibility for specialised program activities, child/young person development and supervision, and promotion of a safe environment. To find out more information on the CARE framework please follow the link: https://www.lwb.org.au/our-approach/child-youth-and-family/.

Please note: our residential services run a 24/7 roster model and the successful candidates will be required to work weekends, sleepovers, and public holidays. Our residential houses are located within the Moreton Bay region. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Form and maintain professional, nurturing relationships with children and young people by building trust through visible interest and active engagement
• Act as an appropriate adult role model, seeking to engage young people in purposeful activities aimed at developing life skills and self-worth
• Support the involvement of family and where applicable, facilitate family visits/connection and the promotion of positive family relationships with children and young people, to suit individual needs
• Promote and encourage positive relationships with peers and other persons significant to the child/young person
• Assist the child/young person to participate as full as possible in making decisions about the activities undertaken

Skills & Experience

• You must have obtained or be willing to work towards your Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (or similar). If you are unsure if you meet these minimum qualification standards, please visit https://peakcare.com.au/hopehealing/min-quals-res-care/
• Knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues / protocols and those pertaining to Child, Youth & Family and child protection.
• Valid Full Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence
• Valid First Aid Certificate and CPR Certification (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement)
• Complete Hope and Healing Framework Foundations prior to starting (we will enrol you in this if successful)

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).

Benefits

• Salary packaging tax benefits, meal Entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities
• Ongoing training and mentorship

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 Donna at [email protected] using the subject line: Youth Worker - Moreton Bay Region enquiry via EthicalJobs. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address, they must be submitted online.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. 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).