Youth Worker. Part-Time and Casual Brisbane

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to heal grow and thrive

Life Without Barriers is recruiting Youth Workers for our Out of Home Care and Residential programs across Brisbane. If you bring compassion resilience and trauma-informed understanding wed love to hear from you.

• Permanent Part-Time positions 30 hours per fortnight

• Casual Youth Worker positions

• Permanent rate: $ 40.49 p/h

• Casual rate: $ 50.61 p/h

• 12% Super Salary packaging up to $15900

• Ongoing training

• Genuine career progression opportunities

Many of our leaders began as Youth Workers. This role can launch a long-term career or provide flexible meaningful work while you study.

You will:

• Build safe trusting relationships with children and young people

• Be a positive role model and support life skills development

• Encourage family connection and community participation

• Support young people to have a voice in decisions

• Work across a 24/7 roster including sleepover shifts

Chermside Alderley Cannon Hill Mt Gravatt Inala Forest Lake

Training and meetings held in Milton.

• Cert IV in Child Youth and Family Intervention or other relevant qualification (completed or actively enrolled QLD standards apply)

• Experience supporting trauma-based behaviours

• Unrestricted (Open) Drivers Licence

• Registered and insured vehicle

• Current First Aid & CPR (or willingness to obtain)

• Willingness to obtain a Blue Card

All positions within Life Without Barriers will be required to undergo probity checks including criminal record checks and working with children check (where relevant to the position).

Include your resume and cover letter in one document and click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments contact Joelene at with the subject heading YW Brisbane. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address they must be submitted online.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

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 8000 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 clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.