**Job no**: 503791
**Employment type**: Part Time
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family
**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 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
**About the Role**
Based in our newly established therapeutic care home in Bronte, you'll provide direct care and mentorship to children and young people aged 12-17. Working with the Children & Residential Experiences (CARE) and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) frameworks, you'll be a key support for those who've experienced trauma, abuse, or neglect and may be living with mental health concerns, intellectual, physical, or psychosocial disabilities, including those requiring high levels of personal care.
These positions are available on a **Permanent **& **Casual **basis.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Undertake every-day domestic responsibilities such as cooking and cleaning tasks
- Provide direct support and assistance with personal care, including toileting and showering.
- Facilitate activities that connect the child or young person with their family, community, and culture
- Support the child or young person to participate in school, vocational training or employment.
- Effectively advocate the views of the young people
- Meet the day to day needs of children and young people and working within the legislative requirements and LWB initiatives, such as We Put Children First
- Supporting children and young people to develop and maintain positive family and kinship relations.
- Participate in team meetings, reflective practice and supervision, debriefing and various support activities
- Working within the scope of each child & young person individual plan to support them to achieve their identified goals.
- Maintaining high quality record keeping and documentation
**Skills & Experience**
- Possess a relevant Diploma or bachelor's degree level qualification **OR**:
- Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander **and** have relevant work history related to role **OR**:
- Have relevant work history **and **are willing to complete a Diploma of Child, Youth & Family Intervention offered by LWB (at no cost to you) **OR**:
- Have relevant work history **and **are currently completing a relevant Diploma or bachelor's degree qualification.
- A current Provide First Aid (HLTAID003 or HLTAID011) & CPR (HLTAID001 or HLTAID009) Certificate/s
- A current NSW unrestricted Drivers Licence
- Experience supporting children and young people (Including those with disabilities) within an out of home care setting
- Experience and willingness to provide high levels of personal care
- The ability to form and maintain professional, nurturing relationships with Children & Young People
- Willingness to assist with activities of daily living, including personal care (if required)
- To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process._
***Benefits**:
- Hourly rate from $36.46 + super, dependent on qualifications and experience
- Paid face to face training within your first 12 months of employment including TCI & CARE Training
- 8-day induction program
- 24-hour management support with a National After-Hours Service team
- Generous Salary Packaging benefits - $15,900 per year, tax free
- Employee benefits program, including access to wellbeing support, discounted health insurance, car servicing and travel club membership.
***How to Apply**
**Applications close at midnight on Sunday 22**nd** September 2024**
We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face-to-face interview.
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