Remuneration: $46.68 per hour + 11.5% Super + NFP Salary Packaging
Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.
An integral part of our out of home care team as a Youth Worker, you'll be encouraged to utilise your passion and skills to support our young people to grow, develop, heal and feel empowered. If you want to make a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable young people, this is the job for you.
Your part in our UnitingCare's team
UnitingCare Queensland is taking expressions of interest from passionate, emotionally intelligent, creative, and resilient Youth Workers to join our Kingaroy Out of Home Care team as Casual Youth Workers.
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
* Build positive and trusting connections with family, friends, and community
* Learn and develop to their full potential
* Make healthy lifestyle choices and access health care services
* Develop strong social and interpersonal skills
In addition to the above, your role will also include but not be limited to:
* Maintaining a clean and safe home environment
* Managing day-to-day tasks within the context of a residential care home
* Completing verbal and written reports
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. You will be emotionally intelligent, creative, and flexible and be able to build strong relationships with the young people. A solid understanding of the child protection system as well as having a strong therapeutic background would be highly advantageous.
* Cert IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention or Minimum Cert IV in Human Services, Community Services, Youth Services or related field
* Hope and Healing Training or be willing to undertake this.
* Ability to work in a 24hr roster system
* Current Blue Card (Working with Children)
* Qld Driver Licence
* First Aid & CPR Certificate
What makes a difference for you?
* Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
* 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
* 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
* A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values, and a commitment to serving others
* Eligible employees receive 12 weeks paid parental leave 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
We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
Our FaDS, Out of Home Care team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience, and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health, and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
Joining our FaDS Out of Home Care 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. Our team are compassionate, inclusive, and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
* Provide welcoming, safe & 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
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission, and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people, and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces, and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
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