At Life Without Barriers, we’re all about creating safe, supportive environments where children and young people can thrive. Every day, we work closely with families, carers, and communities to help shape brighter futures.
From supporting children and families to empowering people with disability, mental health, or those seeking refuge — we’re here to break down barriers and build better lives.
Join us to discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around!
Role: Senior Child, Youth & Family Support Workers (x8)
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Darwin, NT
In this role, you’ll provide day to day care and support to children and young people in a residential setting, helping to create a safe and therapeutic home environment where they can thrive.
You’ll support young people with daily routines, build positive relationships, and encourage their participation in everyday activities, life skills and decision making.
You’ll also contribute to household responsibilities and documentation, while supporting and mentoring other staff to maintain a consistent and trauma informed approach across the team.
Learn more about Life Without Barriers services for Children, Young People & Families here: https://www.lwb.org.au/services/child-youth-and-family/
Key Responsibilities
Skills & Experience
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and NT Working With Children Check (Ochre Card)
How to Apply:
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Kristy Crowe via recruitment@lwb.org.au
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 12th July 2026
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.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
