Youth Workers (Family Based Care). Casual - Wollongong

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 and people with disability to apply.

 
About the role

In this position, you'll be responsible for delivering hands-on care and guidance to improve the well-being of children and/or young individuals associated with our Family Based Care services in the Wollongong and Illawarra regions.

To excel in this role, we seek an individual who brings enthusiasm, a strong commitment to safety, and genuine, caring, and sensitive interactions with the children and young people we serve.

These roles are available on a casual basis and will require flexibility to work across a range of shifts including morning, evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Key Responsibilities

• Work within a team to deliver quality services for children and young people who 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 sleepover shifts in a residential environment
• Develop individual, therapeutic, recreational, or skills-development activities that are consistent with and supportive of the care plans developed for each child.

Skills & Experience

• Either hold and maintain; or be actively working towards a Certificate IV in Child, Youth, and Family Intervention, or similar.
• Current Provide First Aid (HLTAID011) and Provide CPR (HLTAID009) certificate/s
• Current drivers licence and fully insured vehicle.
• A strong understanding of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and Trauma Informed Practice.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Commitment to improving the quality of life, skills and independence of children and young people Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check.

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Benefits:

• Do work that matters at one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Casual hourly rates starting from $40.26 + Super (Based on qualifications and experience)
• Generous Salary Packaging benefits - $15,900 per year, tax free!

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 Jeff Edge via recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 3rd March 2024 (AEDT)

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

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)