We are inviting expressions of interest for casual and part-time Support Workers and Carers across flexible rosters.
About the Role
The Support Worker and Therapeutic Cares roles within the Our Way Home programme are responsible for the holistic, person-centred, and trauma-informed day-to-day care of clients. The role involves supporting the development, maintenance, and review of individual support plans in line with organisational processes, policies, care plans, and individually assessed needs.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
Applications assessed on a rolling basis – submit your resume and cover letter outlining your experience and availability for casual/part-time roles as soon as possible.
Where this role slots in
This role supports the care team in maintaining a safe, secure, and supportive environment for clients. You will provide direct care, implement actions from support plans, and may work autonomously under team leader direction.
Our Way Home has 4 driving principles:
Benefits
Essential Requirements
Our Commitment
Parkerville Children and Youth Care have a zero tolerance to alcohol and drugs.
We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. Parkerville Children and Youth Care complies with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
We welcome applications from people of all genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, religions, and cultural backgrounds. We are especially committed to increasing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, we encourage you 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.
