Residential Youth Worker – Permanent Positions
Core
Provide person-centred support in a safe, stable, nurturing residential home environment for young people in out-of-home care, helping them develop independence and life skills.
Role type
Residential Youth Worker (Out-of-Home-Care)
Builds
Residential care placements for young people
Domain
Social Services / Youth Care / Out-of-Home-Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Positive behaviour support strategies, incident reporting, hazard reporting, maintaining maintenance requests, working with support networks, legislative compliance, workplace health and safety
Preferred skills
Resilience, compassion, reliability, calmness in challenging situations, initiative, sound judgement
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Create a safe, respectful and nurturing residential environment; Support young people to develop independence, life skills and confidence; Empower young people to exercise choice and control; Implement positive behaviour support strategies and respond to challenging situations; Build trusting and respectful relationships with young people; Support young people to participate in education, recreation, appointments and community activities; Maintain accurate and timely documentation including incident, behaviour, hazard reports and maintenance requests.
Seniority
Experienced IC