Youth Worker

2 weeks ago

Hunter Valley, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 503287

**Employment type**: Casual

**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter

**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family

**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 role, you will provide direct care and mentoring to enhance the lives of children and/or young people connected to our Family Based Care services within the Muswellbrook Region.

To be successful in this role, you must be someone who offers energy, safety and commitment in their work through genuine, caring and sensitive engagement with our children and young people.

These roles are offered 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
- Mentoring and actively engaging and supporting the young people to meet their plans and goals.
- Promote and support young people to develop independent living skills.
- Transportation for children and young people to appointments or to and from school
- Facilitating contact visits for children and young people with their families
- Assist In the development of individual, therapeutic, recreational, or skills-development activities that are consistent with and supportive of the care plans developed for each child.
- Provide shift reports and feedback on young person’s progress towards goals and plans.

**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
- 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**

**Applications close at midnight on Tuesday, 24rd April 2024**

**Advertised**: 26 Mar 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 23 Apr 2024 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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