About the Role
Our Residential Care and Transition Services team currently have several permanent, part-time vacancies for passionate and engaging Youth Workers to join the Mercy Community working across our Residential Care programs in the North Coast region.
The roles are across a number of regions, however mainly Burpengary, Deception Bay and Petrie areas, and are either 30 hours a fortnight or 50 hours a fortnight permanently.
As part of a close team, you will provide support for children and young people in a home environment. Working to structured plans, you will build long-term relationships with children and young people who often have complex behaviours, providing security, stability and consistency while building their capacity to form positive relationships with others.
$36.00 - $38.60 per hour (award) plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available
What you’ll be doing
- Providing a high standard of Residential Care, safety and support for young people
- Assisting children and young people to develop their social and living skill
- Ensuring daily care needs are met
- Exposing young people to positive and creative ways to use recreational time
About You
To be eligible to apply for this role, as a minimum you must be willing to enroll in, hold or be currently enrolled in and working towards a relevant Certificate IV qualification that meets the Minimum Qualification Standard for Residential Care Staff in Queensland. For a full list of recognised qualifications, visit: https://peakcare.org.au/hopehealing/min-quals-res-care/
- You are resilient, mature, patient and confident working with challenging behaviours such as verbal and physical aggression
- You must hold or be prepared to obtain a First Aid Certificate
- The ability to maintain extreme confidentiality is essential when providing service to clients and external stakeholders from culturally diverse backgrounds
- You must hold a current Provisional Green or higher Queensland Driver’s License
- You must hold or be willing to apply for a Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be able to obtain a positive Police Check and any other legislatively required personal history screening as required
- An understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and societies and the issues which impact upon them in contemporary society together with a commitment to culturally appropriate engagement and practice is highly desirable
Why Mercy Community
Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment. We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities.
Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:
- Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
- Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
- Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
Depending on your role, you may also be eligible:
- For annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
- To receive pay bonus’ of $500 for successful employee referrals
- To cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements
We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.
APPLY NOW! Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date so not delay in applying.