Job Description

Full-time Youth Worker – Springwood

Location: Springwood, QLD

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time

Hours: 38 hours per week

Remuneration: $40.49 per hour + 12% Superannuation

Salary Packaging: Up to $15,900 per annum, plus access to a $2,600 meal and entertainment card

Advertisement Opens: 7 September 2026

Advertisement Closes: 5 October 2026

Looking for a meaningful career with flexibility and purpose?

At Life Without Barriers (LWB), we’re proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation that values work-life balance, career progression, and real impact.

As a Youth Worker, you’ll be joining a passionate team supporting children and young people in out-of-home care - helping them to heal, grow, and thrive.

Why work with us?

• Permanent Full-time – 38 hours per week
• Starting Rate – $40.49 per hour + 12% Superannuation
• Salary Packaging – Pay less tax and increase your take-home pay
• Flexible Shift Options – Residential shifts across days, evenings, weekends, overnights and sleepovers
• Genuine Career Pathways – Many of our Operations Managers and Practitioners began as Youth Workers
• Study-Friendly Shifts – Opportunities to apply theory and develop practical skills within a supportive environment
• Make a Real Impact – Be part of a values-driven team improving the lives of children and young people

About the Role

As a Youth Worker, you will provide safe, nurturing, and supportive care for children and young people in our residential settings. You’ll act as a positive role model and help young people develop essential life skills, build confidence and achieve their individual goals.

This is a permanent full-time position of 38 hours per week, based in Springwood, Queensland.

To provide the best possible support to the children and young people in our care, it is important that our Youth Workers demonstrate strong flexibility, with the ability to work a variety of shifts - including days, evenings, weekends, overnights, and sleepovers.

Key Responsibilities

• Build safe, trusting relationships with children and young people through active engagement.
• Provide day-to-day care, supervision and support within a residential care environment.
• Be a positive adult role model and encourage involvement in meaningful activities.
• Support young people to develop independence, confidence and essential life skills.
• Promote positive relationships with family members, peers and support networks.
• Support family visits and connection where appropriate.
• Empower young people to actively participate in decisions about their daily lives and activities.
• Implement individual care plans and support strategies.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation relating to the care and support provided.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, families, carers, Child Safety and other professionals to achieve positive outcomes for young people.
• Respond appropriately to behaviours of concern using trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches.

Location

This position is based at our Springwood, Queensland location and supports children and young people within our Out of Home Care services across the Logan and Gold Coast regions.

Training and team meetings will be held at our Springwood office.

About You

To be considered for paid employment as a Youth Worker in Queensland, you must:

• Have completed (or be actively working toward) a relevant qualification – minimum Certificate IV. Not sure if your qualification is eligible? Check: peakcare.org.au
• Hold an Unrestricted Driver's Licence (essential)
• Have access to a reliable vehicle and be comfortable transporting children and young people in your own vehicle when required. Your vehicle must be appropriately registered and covered by current third-party insurance.
• Hold or be willing to obtain a valid First Aid & CPR certificate
• Have the ability and willingness to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, weekends, overnights and sleepovers
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to child safety, trauma-informed practice and inclusion
• Demonstrate the ability to build positive and respectful relationships with children and young people
• Have strong communication, interpersonal and documentation skills
• Be able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team

Previous experience working with children and young people, particularly within residential care, out-of-home care, youth work, child protection or another relevant human services environment, will be highly regarded.

Next Steps – What to Expect

If successful, here’s what the onboarding process looks like:

1. Interview – In person (one on one), Group Assessment Centre (local venue), or via Microsoft Teams
2. Reference Checks – Focused on working with children and young people
3. National Police Check – Paid for by LWB
4. Blue Card – Paid for by LWB
5. Hope & Healing Training – If successful we will set you up an account. Must be completed prior to commencement

Apply Now!

Include your resume, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts.

For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading “YW – Springwood”. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address, they must be submitted online.

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.

About Life Without Barriers

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.