Disability / Youth Support Worker

Join a supportive team and be part of an organisation which provides life changing support to people in our community

Be celebrated and rewarded for the incredible person and employee you are by joining an organisation that shares care and love in the work we do.

The Role

We are looking for kind, caring and reliable Support Workers to join our team located in the Gold Coast. Be rewarded in contributing to empowering our young people and people living with disability offering high quality, holistic support for individuals to build their capacity and achieve their goals. In this role you will be working directly with young people living with complex trauma and psycho-social challenges, as well as people living with disability.

Continuity of care is very important to us, and those we support, as positive and healthy attachment and relationships are formed from consistency in those we work with. In this role, you will be allocated to specific people we support and families to provide ongoing support to those that need it. You will be able to form strong, professional and healthy attachments with people we support and their families in providing life changing support to those we work alongside.

We are looking for people with strong professional values of care, social justice, creativity, and joy to join our team in providing care, happiness, and supporting independence to those we support. We are looking for individuals who are able to remain calm under stressful situations and be natural problem solvers.

You will join our team of support workers who provide community access support, or in home support to children, young people or people with a disability to help them to achieve their goals and build their independence into the future. This could be mentoring support, developing their living skills, or promoting their skill development to achieve their future goals in home or in community.

You will have access to ongoing supervision, training, and professional development to capture your professional goals and passions for the future.

This role will require you to have your full unrestricted driver's license, and comprehensive car insurance. Use of your own vehicle will be required and compensated.

About Us

River Community Services is a community-based organisation that provides support across the allied health, mental health, child protection, and disability sectors.

This includes:

Psychology, Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy

Behaviour Support Therapy

Disability Support Work

Youth Work and Mentoring

Foster Care Support

Family Finding

EAPS

Cultural Planning

River Community Services is based across the Maitland, Newcastle, Northern Rivers, Taree, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Sydney and Wollongong regions.

River Community Services was developed based on the aim to provide the highest quality care to those we support, while bringing joy, creativity and love to the work we do. We understand that we have the capacity and the potential to change people's lives with our actions and words, and take responsibility and accountability in walking alongside those we support to create a better future for all.

Skills and experience

• Qualifications - Minimum Diploma in Community Services OR Minimum 3 year's experience in Youth Work. (Candidates currently working towards a Bachelor in Psychology, Social Work, OT or Speech are strongly encouraged to apply)
• Minimum 3 years experience in child care, disability support, or youth support, with preference for people with experience working with non-verbal children and neurodiverse children who communicate with behaviour rather than words.
• Highly developed capacity for emotional self-regulation when working in high stress and supporting children or individuals to regulate their own big emotions
• Full unrestricted drivers license and comprehensive car insurance
• The skillset to bring love, care and joy to the work we do.

If you have the skills, values and passion to be successful, we want to hear from you

How to Apply

If you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful, we want to hear from you

Please click the "APPLY" button and attach your resume and cover letter.

You are required to address each of the selection criteria in your covering letter in addition to your resume.  For further enquiries and/or a copy of the position description please email