Casual Pool: Intensive Therapeutic Care Workers (ITC) â Dubbo FY2025/2026
Casual Pool: Intensive Therapeutic Care Workers (ITC) â Dubbo FY2025/2026
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Job Description
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.
Discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around!
Role: Therapeutic Youth Worker
Employment Type: Casual
Locations: Orange
Hourly Rate: from $36.46 per hour super (Dependent on qualifications & experience)
As a Therapeutic Youth Worker within our Intensive Therapeutic Care youll be a key support for children & young people aged 12 to 17 years with disabilities and/or complex medical needs whove experienced childhood trauma abuse or neglect.
You will be part of a dedicated to team working to ensuring a safe homelike environment where these young people can thrive supporting them to learn independent life skills develop problem solving skills and to build appropriate and positive relationships with others.
Our residential homes operate 24/7 therefore successful applicants will need to be able and willing to work a roster which regularly includes afternoon overnight and weekend shifts.
Learn more about Life Without Barriers and our services for Children Young People & Families here: requirements:
- A Diploma in Community Services or related field OR willingness to complete a Diploma offered by LWB (Note: a qualification is desirable but not essential for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants with relevant experience)
- A current Provide First Aid (HLTAID011) certificate
- A current drivers licence
- Experience supporting children and young people who have experienced childhood trauma have a disability and/or exhibit pain-based behaviours of concern (ideally within a residential care setting)
- An understanding of the importance of family/kinship connections to children and young people in placement
- Willingness to assist with activities of daily living including personal care (if required).
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check NSW Working with Children Check and NSW Residential Care Workers Register check.
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Kristy Furner via
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.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 31 July 2025.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.
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
Employment Type
Gig
