Starting rate: $50.61 (casual) per hour + 12% Super + Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 per year!
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a genuine difference in the lives of children and young people?
Are you studying, considering a career change, or looking for a role that provides flexibility and purpose?
Would you like to increase your take-home pay through salary packaging and access discounted private health insurance?
A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence, reliable vehicle, comprehensive insurance and willingness to transport clients are essential for this role.
Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, working collaboratively with families, carers, and communities to create safe environments where they can grow, heal and thrive.
With a focus on safety, respect and connection, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people and help create brighter futures.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation employing more than 8,000 people across over 500 communities throughout Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, people experiencing mental health challenges, people experiencing homelessness, and refugees and asylum seekers.
Join a community of people committed to breaking down barriers and creating positive change.
We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the people we support. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and people from diverse backgrounds.
There is no greater honour or privilege than partnering with children, young people and families to positively impact their lives.
At Life Without Barriers, we believe supporting children and young people involved with, or at risk of involvement with, the child protection system requires compassion, resilience, commitment and a genuine desire to help them grow, learn, heal and thrive.
Starting your career as a Youth Worker can open the door to many opportunities. Many of our current Operations Managers, Program Managers, Child and Family Practitioners and Case Managers began their careers with Life Without Barriers as Youth Workers.
This role is also ideal for people studying and wanting to put theory into practice, or those seeking a meaningful career with improved work-life balance.
Youth Work is what you make of it.
Working within our Child, Youth & Family programs and guided by the CARE model, you will provide therapeutic, trauma-informed support to young people with complex needs and behaviours.
You will support young people with daily activities including:
You will work alongside young people to build trust, develop skills and create positive opportunities for their future.
As a Youth Worker with Life Without Barriers, you will:
To be successful in this role, you will:
To apply, submit your resume by clicking ‘Apply’ and following the prompts.
For enquiries, including requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading “YW Moreton Bay”.
Please note: applications cannot be accepted via this email address and must be submitted online.
Candidates requiring adjustments to the recruitment process or application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information about our access and inclusion commitments and how to contact us.
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.
