Youth Worker Intensive Therapeutic Care
Youth Worker Intensive Therapeutic Care
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Job Description
About the role:
- Assist young people to develop living and life skills.
- Role model and reinforce positive behaviour through social learning social responsibility and emotional intelligence.
- Promote democracy and support young people to engage in a participatory environment where they can have a say in and influence the decisions that affect their lives.
- Provide support to children and young people living in the accommodation service including undertaking household duties such as cleaning shopping and meal preparation as required.
The ITC system will:
- Provide Therapeutic Care
- Have a strong focus on recovery from trauma.
- Provide an alternative to long term residential care.
- Do more to protect and keep children and young people safe.
- Provide clear pathways to less intensive service types and permanency.
- Provide a broader range of placement options for children and young people to achieve outcomes around mental health physical health and education.
Primary objectives:
- Provide traumainformed services that achieve positive outcomes for young people and their families.
- Provide young people with safety stability predictability and consistency by implementing the house guidelines and supporting the implementation of individual strategies andcase plans.
- Participate in team meetings house meetings and case review meetings to ensure that young people receive services that meet their needs.
Key selection criteria:
To be successful in this role you will have:
- The minimum qualification requirement for this position is a Diploma of Youth Work Community Services or an equivalent qualification. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to enrol in the relevant course independently if they do not already meet this qualification.
- Aboriginal staff a qualification is desirable but experience and willingness; to participate in training is essential.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in youth services residential care or supported accommodation.
- Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children young people and their families.
- Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with children and young people who have experience significant challenges and trauma.
You must have or willing to obtain:
- Valid and current Drivers License.
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check.
- Valid Working with Children Check.
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check
For more information please contact:
Nate Kaunda at or on.
Our offer:
- Agreat opportunity tojoin a leading provider of community and family services. Succession Plan for career growth.
- Hourly Ratebased on SCHADS Award 3.13.4 dependent on qualification and experience.
- Salary packagingwe can help you to maximize yoursalary packaging up to $18550 per year which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
- Professional Development we promote ongoing learning and development and provide study leave and an enormous amount of training and development within our inhouse learning team.
- TrainingIndustryspecific training paid by MacKillop including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Sanctuary and Cultural Awareness training.
- Employee Assistance ProgramFree access to a wide range of options with all aspects of life such as social financial physical mental health by providing counselling and coaching supporting relating both to your circumstance even including health advise from qualified nutritionists
- SanctuaryMacKillops work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model an evidencesupported wholeoforganisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma and to heal.
- ClickHEREto find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.
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 persons ability cultural or linguistic backgrounds ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity gender expression intersex status relationship status religious or spiritual beliefs socioeconomic 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.
Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
