Child, Youth

1 week ago

Perth, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 505394
**Employment type**: Casual, Part Time
**Location**: Perth, Mandurah & Peel
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family
- **North and South Perth**:

- **Casual or part-time, 20 hours per week**:

- **Availability after school, school holidays and weekends**:

- **TCI & CARE training for new employees**

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**

We are currently recruiting for a Support Workers to join our team in **North and South Metro Perth.** This is a challenging but rewarding opportunity for you to make a change in a Young Person's life. You will be working directly with young people; the positions are based in a Community Foster Care home setting.

**Typical shifts will be**:
**Weekdays 2.30pm - 9:30pm**

**Weekends 9am - 6pm**

**Additional hours maybe required during school holiday**

LWB has a strong evidence-based culture and professional development is a focus with potential training opportunities from Cornwell University in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children and Residential Experiences (CARE).

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide day to day care, supervision and transport to children and young people
- Actively participate in activities, special interests and increase competencies of young people
- Form and maintain professional, nurturing relationships
- Actively support the child/young person to develop and maintain social skills
- Maintenance of progress notes and report writing

**Skills & Experience**
- Certificate 4 in Community Services, Youth Work or similar
- A current Senior First Aid Certificate
- A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence
- Prior knowledge and/or experience working with young people who have experienced trauma is desirable.
- Prior knowledge and/or experience working with young people with a disability.
- Experiencing working with children who are PEG fed is desirable but not essential.

**Benefits**
- $15,900 annual salary sacrifice
- $2,600 annual meal & entertainment card for everyday living expenses (for example, mortgage or rent)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Travel club membership & discounted health insurance

**How to Express your Interest**

**Advertised**: 17 Jul 2025 W. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 03 Aug 2025 23:55 W. Australia Standard Time

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