Support Worker

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Support Worker . Terms and conditions vacancy

• Experience working with disabilities and challenging behaviours
• Competitive hourly rate
• Flexible hours for work/life balance

Who Are We?

As a national organisation, Lifestyle Solutions has grown to become one of the major leaders and innovators in the Community Services sector in Australia.  We are a National Not for Profit organisation with a rapidly growing workforce of 2,000 passionate and talented people who are committed to providing person centred, flexible and innovative support services to people living with disability and other support services for children, adults and families. The key to our success lies in our commitment to delivering person centred solutions, a commitment to equality and social justice and a commitment to outcomes that are meaningful for each individual.

The Opportunity

Our organisation manages a number of Out of Home Care (OOHC) Residential Services for Children and Young People (CYP) aged 7 – 17 years. These are often long-term placements for the Children and Young People we support. The services operate 24hrs /7 days a week and the Youth worker we are looking for will need to be available to work weekdays, weekends, public holidays, morning, evening, night and sleep over shifts.

Support workers in the services are strong positive role models who are responsible for a wide range of duties including providing positive support in the following areas - emotional behaviour, health, incident management, personal care and hygiene, transport, education, community access, cooking and domestic duties which are performed in a safe, consistent, and secure home. Youth workers are responsible to help, guide and support the Children and Young People to develop independent living skills while ensuring all of their day to day care needs are being met. This includes the implementation of clear routines, structure and positive behaviour support practices and strategies.

Essential requirements:

• Must have a Diploma of Youth Work, Disability Services, Community Services or equivalent AND/OR working towards a Diploma
• Experience providing direct care in residential services (Out of Home Care) and/or disability based accommodation support services
• Good working knowledge of the Children and Young Person’s (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and the NSW Child Safe Standards for Permanent Care
• Ability to work collaboratively in a complex environment as a member of a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with other services
• Sound practice and knowledge or significant experience in meeting the holistic needs of Children and Young People who may have Autism or Intellectual Disability
• Driver’s license
• First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain one
• Working with Children Check and National Criminal history check clearance
• Available and willing to work weekdays, weekends, public holidays, morning, evening, night and sleep over shift
• Experience working with Children and Young People who have experienced complex trauma backgrounds.
• Experience working with Children Young People who display difficult or challenging behaviors 

Are you ready to take up your next challenge? 

Apply now or for a confidential discussion please contact Megan McKee, Recruitment Advisor on (02) 4014 7895.

All applicants are required to undergo employment screening through probity checks, prior to commencing.

Lifestyle Solutions reserves the right to remove this post before the specified closing date. 

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTI and other diversity groups. Lifestyle Solutions encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.