Youth Support Worker

About the business

LEAP Services supports children and young people in need, with the aim to empower independence, ambition, and positive relationships. LEAP support workers provide strengths-focussed support, which can include mentoring, transport, supervised contact visits, in home support and overnight crisis support.

About the role

LEAP provides a rewarding experience to mentor and support children and young people. LEAP 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 LEAP will allow you to help young people achieve goals, work toward independent living and engage pro-socially within their community. As a support worker you will engage with children and young people through the following support services:

• Mentoring: providing positive, consistent, 'gender specific' role models for young people who do not have supportive relationships with adults within their own families, schools and peer networks.
• 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.
• In Home Support: Supporting young people/families in their homes to create unity and work towards a stable placement.
• Overnight Support: assisting children/young people and their families to develop and maintain routines in a home-setting.

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 LEAP:

• Flexible working conditions.
• As this position is flexible with times and days, we encourage University students to apply as it is a great way to get some industry experience.
• 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 children/young people.
• A relevant industry qualification (minimum Cert III), or currently studying. This can include but is not limited to: social/community services, early childhood education, psychology, criminology, teaching, nursing, and other welfare studies.
• A current First Aid Certificate

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

Pay: From $32.88 per hour

Work Location: On the road