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Intensive Therapeutic Care Youth Workers - Royalla

MacKillop Family Services

About the Intensive Therapeutic Care Program:

MacKillop Family Services is excited to be implementing Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Services in Northern NSW to support young people with high and complex needs. The ITC services will provide pro-active therapeutic care and have a strong focus on healing from trauma, providing an alternative to long term residential care with a broader range of placement options for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, mental and physical health including permanency in their lives.

About the role

The Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Youth Worker is responsible for the delivery of high quality residential supports that promote the emotional, social and behavioural needs of vulnerable children and young providing Intensive Therapeutic Care.

The ITC Youth Worker works closely with the ITC Caseworker, Therapeutic Specialists, House Managers and other ITC staff to provide therapeutic care to support young people to heal from trauma and achieve their full potential.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have

  • Minimum qualification requirements for this position is a Diploma of Youth Work, Community Services or equivalent;
  • New staff joining must have the minimum qualifications;
  • Existing staff have a transition period to gain the minimum qualifications;
  • Staff with experience may be eligible to apply for RPL;
  • Aboriginal staff - a qualification is desirable but experience and willingness; to participate in training is essential;
  • Demonstrated skills and experience in youth services, residential care or supported accommodation;
  • Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families;
  • Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with children and young people who have experience significant challenges and trauma;
  • Demonstrated ability to relate to and work with young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and who have experienced significant trauma;
  • Demonstrated ability to implement case plan goals for young people with challenging behaviours;
  • Demonstrated experience working effectively within a team;
  • Experience and understanding of WH&S issues in the workplace;
  • Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to use Microsoft Office including Outlook and Word.

Benefits on offer

  • Generous Salary Packaging of up to $15,900 (additional tax free allowance)
  • Ongoing training and career development opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Program to support your wellbeing

You must have a:

  • Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
  • Satisfactory Criminal History Check;
  • Valid Working with Children Check.

How to Apply:

Click 'Apply for this Job' where you will be redirected to the Youth Worker vacancy within MacKillop's careers page. On this page please refer to the

How to Apply

section at the bottom, this will take you to our recruitment portal.

Please make sure you address the selection criteria as outlined in the Position Description as part of your application.

For more information, please contact Lauren Morun [email protected] or call 0421 248 735, Corrine Guest on [email protected] or call 0437 484 090, Kelly Mather on [email protected] or call 0400 530 593.

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