Youth Worker

2 weeks ago


Toowoomba, Australia Blue Care Full time

Employment: Casual

Location: Toowoomba

**Salary**: $45 per hour + 11% Super + NFP Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team as an Youth Worker - Toowoomba you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in our UnitingCare Community team

At UnitingCare Queensland we care for and support children, young people and their families across Queensland to live safe, healthy and productive lives through the delivery of services that are flexible and responsive to their individual needs. UnitingCare Queensland is taking expressions of interest from passionate, emotionally intelligent, creative, and resilient Youth Workers to join our Toowoomba Out of Home Care team on a casual basis.

As an integral part of our team you'll be encouraged to utilise your passion and skills to support our young people to grow, develop, heal and feel empowered. If you want to make a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable young people, this is the job for you.

Our Youth Workers work with young people in our care who have moderate to extreme needs, supporting them to:

- Feel safe and nurtured in a stable environment
- Feel a strong sense of identity and belonging
- Build positive and trusting connections with family, friends and community
- Learn and develop to their full potential
- Make healthy lifestyle choices and access health care services
- Develop strong social and interpersonal skills

In addition to the above your role will also include but not be limited to:

- Maintaining a Clean and Safe home environment
- Managing Day to Day tasks within the context of a residential care home
- Completing verbal and written reports

What makes a difference for us?

Working with young people in residential care who have complex and challenging needs will require a calm and non-judgemental nature. You will be emotionally intelligent, creative and flexible and be able to build strong relationships with the young people. A solid understanding of the child protection system as well as having a strong therapeutic background would be highly advantageous.
- Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention or Minimum Cert IV in Human Services, Community Services, Youth Services or related field
- Hope and Healing Training or be willing to undertake this.
- Ability to work in a 24hr roster system
- Current Blue Card (Working with Children)
- Qld Driver Licence
- First Aid & CPR Certificate

What makes a difference for you?

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others- Eligible employees will receive 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our Family and Child Services team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of _BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, _and_ St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,_ and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness
- Child safe, Child friendly_
- UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:_- provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children_- implement m


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