Youth Worker

unitingcareqld; Kallangur; On-site; AUD 58,000 - 82,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Staff Discounts

Recognition and rewards platform

12 weeks paid parental leave

Diversity and inclusive leave

Career development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

UnitingCare invites applications for a casual Youth Worker in Moreton Bay Out of Home Care. You'll contribute to trauma-informed, non-family-based care in line with the CARE model, supporting children and young people with complex needs.

In addition to providing stable environments, you'll complete verbal and written reports, build strong relationships with families and community, and participate in ongoing professional development in a not-for-profit setting.

Qualifications

• Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention or equivalent required.
• Experience applying CARE Principles with Children and Young People.
• Hope and Healing Training or willingness to undertake this.
• Strong understanding of child protection system and therapeutic background advantageous.
• Availability to work in a 24hr roster.
• Ability to build strong relationships with young people.
• Current Blue Card (Working with Children), First Aid & CPR, and QLD Driver Licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed care in out-of-home care settings.
• Support stable, nurturing non-family-based care arrangements.
• Support young people to feel safe, valued, connected.
• Complete verbal and written reports and day-to-day tasks.
• Build connections with family and community.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Relationship building

Availability for 24hr roster

First Aid & CPR

Blue Card (Working with Children)

QLD Driver Licence

Education

Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention

Cert IV in Human Services / Community Services / Youth Services

Job description

Youth Worker | Out of Home Care | Moreton Bay Employment Term: Casual

Location: Moreton Bay

Remuneration: $50.61per hour + Super + NFP Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Youth Worker, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare's team

We are seeking emotionally intelligent and passionate Youth Workers to join our Moreton Bay Out of Home Care team on a casual basis.

Working in accordance with the CARE model, you will be able to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, young people and families by taking a therapeutic centred approach

You will support the provision of stable, trauma informed, nurturing non-family-based care arrangements

Our Youth Workers work with young people in our care who have moderate to extreme needs, supporting them to:

• Feel safe and nurtured in a stable environment
• Feel a strong sense of identity and belonging
• Support the practical application of the CARE model when caring for the children in their care
• Build positive and trusting connections with family, friends and community
• Develop to their full potential, growing strong social and interpersonal skills
• Make healthy lifestyle choices and access health care services
• Maintaining a clean and safe home environment
• Completing verbal and written reports as well as managing other day to day tasks

What makes a difference for us?

Working with young people in residential care who have complex and challenging needs will require a calm and non-judgemental nature, ideally you will have the following:

• Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention or Minimum Cert IV in Human Services, Community Services, Youth Services or related field
• Experience incorporating the six CARE Principals when supporting Children and Young People, or reflection on how you would incorporate these into your practice
• Hope and Healing Training or be willing to undertake this
• A solid understanding of the child protection system as well as having a strong therapeutic background would be highly advantageous
• Availability to work in a 24hr roster system
• Ability to build strong relationships with young people
• Current Blue Card (Working with Children), First Aid & CPR and QLD Driver Licence

Please note, that as part of UnitingCare's commitment to professional development and provision of trauma informed care, successful candidates will be paid to attend training in person for TCI, CARE and Three Pillars of transforming care.

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Staff Discounts: Participation in our team member purchasing program
• A recognition and rewards platform , providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leav e and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave , offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our Lifeline, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe