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

Join our South Western Sydney Family Based Care team as a Youth Worker on a casual basis. The Youth Worker role in based in the community and involves providing high quality, flexible support with a focus on enhancing the lives of children and young people.

The casual nature of this role means we are requiring flexibility and availability for early morning, day and afternoon shifts. Shifts will include one or all of the following tasks;

Key Responsibilities

• Work within a team to deliver quality services for children and young people whom are living in a family-based care setting.
• Mentoring children and young people
• Transportation for children and young people to appointments or to and from school
• Supervising contact visits for children and young people with their families
• Alternate care arrangement shifts, either full day or sleep over shifts
• Develop individual, therapeutic, recreational or skills-development activities that are consistent with and supportive of the care plans developed for each child.

Skills & Experience

• Certificate III in Youth Work, or similar or equivalent experience
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Unrestricted drivers’ licence
• Commitment to improving the quality of life, skills and independence of children and young people
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

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

• Make a positive difference in a child or young person’s life.
• Flexible hours on offer
• Based in South Western Sydney
• Pay rate, SCHADS award level 2.1 – 2.4

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].

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).