Youth & Ndis Support Worker

5 months ago

Illawarra, Australia Meraki Foundation Full time

_**About Meraki Foundation**_

Meraki Foundation is a not-for-profit charity organisation based in South West Sydney. We provide person centred and strengths-based support for all people in the communities across NSW. Meraki Foundation provides social support (for children and young people in crisis), support for people with a disability and support for vulnerable families through specialised programmes. Meraki support workers provide culturally appropriate and gender specific support, focused on improving the wellbeing of all people.
- **About the role**_

Meraki provides a rewarding experience to mentor and support children, young people and NDIS participants. Meraki prides itself on putting a focus on relationships so when workers come on board, we want to get to know your interests and skills so that we can match up your personality with appropriate children/young people that you will enjoy supporting. We believe it’s not as simple as assigning a young person to a worker, but instead finding a match between a young person and mentor who will enjoy spending time together.

Working with Meraki will allow you to help people with disabilities achieve goals, work toward independent living and engage pro-socially within their community. As a support worker you will engage with children, young people and NDIS participants through the following support services
- _**Supervised Contact Visits**_**: supervising visitation between children/young people and their relatives
- _**Transport Services**:_transporting children/young people to complete daily activities, attend appointments, go to and from school/work and participate in community activities.
- _**Mentoring/Community Access**_**: promoting purposeful relationships and developing a positive sense of self and connection within the participants local community.
- _**Overnight Support**:_assisting children/young people and their families to develop and maintain routines in a home-setting.
- _**In-Home Support/Respite**:_supporting young people, families and participants within the home supporting to build routine and structure within the household. _

**Benefits and perks**

Becoming a support worker is an extremely enriching and rewarding experience for individuals who are empathetic toward young people in need and want to give back to their community. In addition to a rewarding sense of emotional wellbeing, the following perks are involved while working with Meraki:

- Flexible working conditions
- An on-call management team for you to contact whenever you need support
- Career opportunities for advancement
- Comprehensive training and induction programs, as well as regular in-house training to build new skills
- A safe work environment and diverse team demographic made up of various cultures and languages.
- An opportunity to make a significant difference enriching peoples' lives, and building relationships.

**Skills and experience**
- **Applicants must possess**:_
- A current employee Working With Children Check (WWCC),
- A current National Police Check (NPC),
- A current drivers license, (P2 accepted) and access to a clean, road worthy vehicle for transporting participants/young people.
- Comprehensive car insurance on your intended work vehicle.
- A relevant industry qualification (minimum Cert IV), or currently studying. This can include but is not limited to; disability, community services, youth work, early childhood education, psychology, criminology, teaching, and other welfare studies.
- A current First Aid & CPR Certificate.
- Access to a laptop/mobile phone to complete required reports.
- NDIS Orientation Module Certificate
- Demonstrate capacity to work effectively in a one-on-one setting.
- Demonstrated understanding of the role and responsibility of a Youth Support Worker.
- Demonstrate communications, organisation and emotional intelligence skills.
- Demonstrate a high standard of professional ethical behaviour and sound understanding of boundary issues.

**There is a high demand for male support workers within the industry.** **If you are bi-lingual, or have an Indigenous background or experience supporting Indigenous communities, we highly encourage you to apply. Please include this in your cover letter.**

**This casual role is highly suitable for students and individuals looking for flexible hours.**

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $30.61 - $67.35 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Public holidays
- Rotating roster
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Penalty rates

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a current National Police Check (NPC)?
- Do you have an industry relevant qualification or are you willing to obtain?
- Do you have access to a laptop/mobile phone to complete required reports?
- Do you have an Australian drivers licence (P2 and full licence accepted)
- Do you have comp

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