
Youth Residential Care Worker
2 weeks ago
**South Eastern location, (Noble Park, Dandenong, Hallam, Springvale, Seaford) on bordering Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung Country**:
- ** Casual rates begin at $40 p/hr (unqualified) or $45 p/hr (qualified) + Penalties**:
- **It takes someone very special to work in Berry Street's Residential Care Program**
**IMPORTANT DATES**:
- Applications closing **11pm, Wednesday the 27th of March.**:
- Group Assessment is on **10am - 2pm Monday the 8th of April.**:
- Noble Park location for the assessment centre.
**Your Opportunity**
Working within a dedicated team, you will contribute to delivering high quality therapeutic care to Children and Young People living in our homes.
Using trauma-informed practice and therapeutic interventions, you will assist in developing various education, living, social and recreational life skills, whilst supporting and modeling a safe and positive home life environment to meet individualised needs.
As a Residential Care Worker you will be responsible for the upkeep of household duties, ensuring a clean and pleasant environment is maintained and that delicious and nutritious meals/food is readily available and follow all plans and program guidelines diligently to ensure compliance with child safety standards and practice.
The role is richly rewarding, but as is the case with such jobs, presents with its own challenges too. Working therapeutically with children and young people means supporting them to be their best selves, helping them learn, grow and develop with autonomy to make positive choices for their future.
**As we work a 24/7 roster, there are a variety of day shifts available (generally between 7am to 11pm) and overnight shifts (11pm to 7pm).**
**Your Skills and Experience**
- A team worker - ability to work with various stakeholders, share ideas with a constructive approach to reach common goals focusing on the best interests of the young person.
- Great at relationship building - listening and giving your time. Respecting yourself and others and have professional boundaries.
- Flexibility - be open to new ideas, cope with unexpected change and multitask with ease. Be creative in your thinking and approach each task without judgement and confidence.
- Creative in your thinking and approach life without judgement and confidence.
- You hold a drivers licence (minimum green P’s) as the role will transport young people from time to time.
- ** A minimum Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention** or other higher level qualification in Social Work/Youth Work equivalent is essential. However Berry Street will employ applicants who commit to enrolling in a relevant qualification.
- ** Applicants must also complete the mandatory upskilling units as required by Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.**
**Berry Street**
We are one of the largest independent agencies in Australia, providing a range of diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day
We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day
**Why Choose Us**:
- Investment in you As a Learning Organisation, there are so many opportunities for development that we offer you, including access to a comprehensive training calendar, free training such as AOD, First Aid, Health & Safety etc.
- Berry Street will pay $1,000 Support Payment upon confirmed completion of the Trauma Informed Practice and Upskilling modules.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
- Opportunities for career progression and growth.
**Talent queries to Georgie Ormiston - Talent Acquisition Partner, Residential Care on 03 9429 9266.**- Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion._
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply._
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