Youth Worker

Hourly rate from $34.04 for permanent rate not including applicable allowances
- Pay less tax and increase take home pay with Salary packaging option
- Work alongside great team members and Management who value the work you do.

**About the opportunity**

Our Children and Families services offer a variety of child protection, youth justice, outreach, family intervention and family support services. We are always on the look out for suitable applicants who meet the minimum standard qualification and have relevant experience supporting others to achieve their personal goals.

**About the role**

As a Residential Youth Worker your role will help support young people with high to complex needs and behaviours to have a stable, consistent and predictable ‘home like; environment which is therapeutic and safe. We cover South East regions from Logan to Gold Coast. We are looking for permanent part-time or Casual staff. Casual rates start from $$42.55 base rate per hour not including applicable allowances.

You become the primary carer for young people during your shift. Your main role is to keep them safe, get to know them whilst teaching life skills to establish a stable consistent routine.

You work with the Coordinator and Service Manager to develop therapeutic trauma informed interventions that will assist the young person with complex issues.

A day in the role of a Residential Youth Worker will include:

- Planning, assisting and engaging in suitable activities with the young person
- Being a part of a wider team who work collaboratively to help with young person achieving their personal goals
- Promoting good hygiene and good nutrition with young person
- Completing daily case notes, admin tasks and incident reports
- Must be flexible in availability for Sleepover, weekend and awake shifts

**About you**
The ideal person for this role:

- Must be empathetic, compassionate, an open mindset and patient with working with young people to create a positive and safe home like environment.
- Passionate about being a part of a young person’s life in seeing them achieve their goals, enjoy working one on one with young people in relationship based trauma informed manner
- Wants to be a part of a dedicated team that also share the same focus-driven outcomes
- Enjoy working with a diverse group of individuals and their families
- Do meaningful work that improves the lives of young people
- Values work/life balance as this role does give you this 100%

We also require workers to have:

- Already hold a Certificate IV or higher qualification in **Child, Youth & Family Intervention, Youth Services, Community Services or similar**:

- A paid Blue Card or have applied for one
- Child Safety Personal History Check (LCS2)
- Completion of Hope and Healing Framework training
- Current valid driver's license (Green provisional plates or higher)
- Be able to provide 2 recent referees
- A COVID-19 vaccination requirement applies to this role - evidence of your vaccination status must be provided prior to commencing employment.
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- health. We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing on-going care and protection._

**How to apply**

Anglicare Southern Queensland is committed to the health and safety of our workforce. Shortlisted Applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessments that requests the sharing of information regarding pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for all applicants.