Therapeutic Youth Worker

**Jo’s **is an innovative and unique residential service in South Australia, providing a home for young people who are unable to live with their families due to child protection concerns. Jo’s are more than just an accommodation facility, but rather a truly loving environment for young people where staff nurture and support them to heal from their past trauma, and gain meaningful connection to community as they enter adulthood.

**As a Therapeutic Youth Worker you will be working directly with young people. Typical tasks will include**:

- Engaging with young people through an authentic and meaningful relationship, supporting them to develop and grow their identify.
- Assisting young people with all daily living activities and routines, including nutrition, health, hygiene, school, homework, extracurricular activities and social engagements.
- Supporting young people with crisis intervention, counselling and co-regulation during periods of complex behaviours.
- Role modelling with young people for healthy ways to engage with family, friends and the community.
- Management of household tasks.

**What Qualifications Do I Need?**

Not studying Youth Work or Social Work? Students currently studying a range of Community Services can apply, for a full list of accepted qualifications, click here
- Bachelor Degree or Certificate IV in social services (Social Work, Social Science or Youth Work etc)
- Availability to work a shift roster, inc
- Experience working with young people with complex behaviours
- Experience dealing with conflict and crisis
- Maintenance of a full, unrestricted Australian Driver’s License
- Kick start your career while you finish your degree_

**Our Benefits**
- In addition to your salary, you can potentially package up to **$15,900** per year pre-tax and additionally a **$2,650 **Meals and Entertainment card.
- To see how this could potentially benefit your take home pay, visit our salary packaging provider, Access Pay
- Discounted private health insurance
- Annual Flu Vaccination
- Purchased Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- **Benefits**:

- In addition to your salary you can package up to **$15,900** per year pre tax and benefit from a **$2,650** meals and entertainment card.

**About Us**

Uniting Communities is a leading, inclusive not-for profit community services organisation working alongside more than 80,000 South Australians each year to reduce inequality, improve wellbeing, overcome disadvantage and support people to live the best lives they can. We value diversity and are committed to providing respectful, accessible services.

**Your Application**

Please attach a cover letter that tells us about you and your values, and a current resume including the names of 2 referees.
- As an organisation, we are committed to protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are required to work within our code of conduct and undergo relevant pre-employment checks._

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