Youth Worker - Intensive Therapeutic Care
Core
Assist young people with significant challenges and trauma to develop living and life skills in a residential therapeutic care setting.
Role type
Youth Worker (Intensive Therapeutic Care)
Builds
Residential accommodation services for children and young people
Domain
Community services / Youth welfare / Residential care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Therapeutic intervention with traumatized youth, life skills coaching, household management, cultural competency (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), crisis intervention, social learning facilitation
Preferred skills
Diploma in Youth Work or Community Services, lived experience with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Model and reinforce positive behavior through social learning, support youth in participatory decision-making, perform household duties (cleaning, shopping, meal preparation), assist in developing life skills
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC