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Residential Support Workers - Forest Hill

Life Without Barriers (National)
  • Job security - perm part time!
  • Support Young Persons with complex behaviours in residential care
  • Must have relevant quals, top up units, WWCC, First Aid

About the Organisation

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, not for profit organisation of 8,000 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.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. 

About the Role

We have multiple opportunities for passionate Residential Support Workers in the Forest Hill region. You will support and work directly with our clients and encourage positive change in a Young Person’s life. The positions are based in a 24/7 Residential Setting with fortnightly rotating shift rosters.

You will have sound experience in working with young people with complex behaviours and psychosocial disabilities.  You will be actively supporting their individual needs and creating a safe environment.
 
LWB will support your career and professional development with training opportunities in:

  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)
  • Children and Residential Experiences (CARE)

We currently have vacancies in Forest Hill for Permanent Part time and Casual. 

We are requesting that only Males apply for these positions. This is to reflect the needs of the specific client group.

 *The Employer considers that being Male is a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. 

Life Without Barriers considers gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 - TAS.

26 Exception—genuine occupational requirements (1) An employer may limit the offering of employment to people of one sex if it is a genuine occupational requirement of the employment that the employees be people of that sex.

 Key Responsibilities

  • Provide day to day care, supervision and transport to children and young people
  • Actively participate in activities and increase competencies of young people
  • Form and maintain professional, nurturing relationships
  • Develop, implement and monitor individual plans 
  • Actively support the child/young person to develop and maintain social skills
  • Maintenance of progress notes and report writing

 Skills & Experience

  • Certificate 4 in Community Services/Youth Work AND Diploma in Youth Work
  • Completion of top up units
  • A current Senior First Aid Certificate
  • A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence
  • Ability to work various shifts (sleepover & active nights) throughout the week
  • Prior knowledge and/or experience working with young people

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role) and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

 Benefits

  • Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
  • Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
  • Flexible working hours

How to Apply

Click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected] using the subject line: Residential Support Workers - Forest Hill enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)

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