Home Based Care Support Worker

MacKillop Family Services; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Salary Packaging

Career Development & Training

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

MacKillop Family Services in Melbourne is seeking a Part-time Home-Based Care Support Worker to deliver safe, structured, and therapeutic care for children and young people in a home setting. You will support family connections, community ties, and collaborate with case managers to ensure wellbeing.

You will demonstrate empathy, self-regulation, and a genuine commitment to youth welfare. A Victorian driver’s licence and a relevant Certificate IV are essential, with a focus on Aboriginal cultural

Qualifications

• Aboriginal culture knowledge and awareness of issues faced by Aboriginal children and families.
• Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention or equivalent tertiary qualification.
• Victorian driver’s licence and ability to drive MacKillop vehicles for client transport.
• Genuine interest in the wellbeing of young people in care.
• Empathy with youth and ability to set consistent boundaries for safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality physical and emotional care for children and young people in the Home-Based Care House.
• Perform day-to-day household duties and safety checks.
• Record and communicate relevant information to case managers and support services.
• Support recreational activities and maintain connections with family and community.
• Follow policy and procedures and support program operations.

Skills

Aboriginal culture awareness

Empathy

Emotional self-regulation

Genuine interest in youth

Clear communication

Education

Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention

Job description

About The Role

The Home-Based Care Support Worker is responsible for ensuring an environment that provides a sense of safety, structure, acceptance and security at all times for children, young people and staff, ensuring that the children and young people’s rights and interests are protected at all times and act as an effective role model, through goal directed, planned and integrated therapeutic interventions, use all interactions as opportunities for the therapeutic gain and positive engagement, supporting the children and young people to maintain important links with their family of origin, friendship networks and the local community

About The Role

The Home-Based Care Support Worker is responsible for ensuring an environment that provides a sense of safety, structure, acceptance and security at all times for children, young people and staff, ensuring that the children and young people’s rights and interests are protected at all times and act as an effective role model, through goal directed, planned and integrated therapeutic interventions, use all interactions as opportunities for the therapeutic gain and positive engagement, supporting the children and young people to maintain important links with their family of origin, friendship networks and the local community

About The Role

The Home-Based Care Support Worker will participate in day-to-day operations, which includes performing household duties, implement MacKillop’s and HomeBased Care policy and procedures, perform regular safety checks to ensure the safety of the young people in the home, provide high quality physical and emotional care for children and young people in the Home-Based Care House ensuring their safety and wellbeing, provide and participate in appropriate recreational activities for and with the children and young people, be responsible for the clear record and communications of all relevant information about the children and young people to the appropriate people or teams (case managers, MacKillop After Hours Services, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and other support services, etc.)

This is a Part-time Fixed Term (ending November 2027) opportunity based in East Melbourne, VIC within our Home-Based Care Program. The position reports to the Home-Based Care Coordinator.

Key Selection Criteria

• A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families
• A Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential and Out of Home Care), or other similar or relevant tertiary qualifications.
• A current valid Victorian driver’s licence and be able to drive MacKillop vehicles in the conduct of the position requirements, including transportation of clients.
• A genuine interest in young people and their wellbeing.
• Demonstrate empathy for the young people in our care in an open minded and non-judgemental manner.
• Highly developed capacity for emotional self-regulation, including the capacity to set and maintain consistent boundaries to provide safety, stability and consistency.

Our Offer

• Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges

You Must Have a

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.

Our Commitment

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.