Wesley Home & Residential Care

• Permanent part-time and casual positions available
• Based in Hoxton Park
• Starting January 2021

We are looking for passionate and dedicated Support Workers to join our team. This is an amazing opportunity to be part of a new service within the organisation, transitioning children and young people to the new Intensive Therapeutic Care – Significant Disability (ITC-SD) program.

This program has a strong focus on facilitating and supporting young people, their families and key stakeholders, to recovery from trauma with a multi-disciplinary team-based approach to providing individualised, person-centred care. The practice across this program is underpinned by Wesley Mission’s philosophy of care: everybody contributes, an ordinary life in community and you can choose.

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from disability, aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Vision is “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

Key responsibilities:

• Provide individualised high-quality supports which promote clients’ health along with their physical, emotional, social and behavioural needs and goals
• Make suggestions to shape, progress, and help support the new program and care plans
• Assist in the transition, where required, of the children and young people to their ‘new home’, creating a safe, homely and supportive environment
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive client care
• Support clients in their day to day lives according to the individual care plans.

Essential criteria

• Diploma in Community Services or related area
• Previous experience working with people with disability and/or children and young people
• Willingness to work flexible working hours including shift-work, weekends and sleep-overs
• Demonstrated experience working effectively within a team
• Experience and understanding of WH&S issues in the workplace
• Outstanding interpersonal skills; flexible and patient with the ability to relate well to all the levels of society with which Wesley Mission interacts
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Current unrestricted NSW driver’s licence (must have as a minimum P2 licence to drive a Wesley Mission vehicle)
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Current Working with Children Check and a satisfactory criminal history record check.

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry (SCHADS) Award 2010.

Generous salary packaging available for permanent employees.

Benefits

You will be able to access a range of benefits including:

• Study Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program and Chaplaincy support
• Employee Referral Program
• Discounted private health insurance and home loan offers

Ongoing support and training inclusive of new equipment from a dynamic team.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and worker Code of Conduct. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission (including provision of a valid Working with Children Check clearance number). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact Ray Stacey on 0427 412 952.