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Plan and Grow is a NDIS-registered service provider, and care provider to children and young people under the direction of the Department of Communities. Our organisation is committed to delivering person-centred support. This means the client is at the centre of all our thinking and actions, and we support each client by utilising a strengths-based approach, empowering people with disability, children and young people to thrive across their life domains. Each client we support is included in decision-making processes to live the life they choose, and always treated with dignity and respect.
Job Description
Plan and Grow is seeking motivated Support Workers on a casual or part-time basis for our Residential Care House located South of the River. The House operates in line with the Sanctuary Model framework and provides temporary placements for children and young people transitioning to permanent care arrangements. Working with children and young people, who may display challenging behaviours, requires you to build rapport quickly and remain non-judgemental. This also requires you to have resilience and good professional boundaries. Candidates with transferrable skills from working with vulnerable people who display challenging behaviours are strongly encouraged to apply.
Duties include:
- Consistently engage with children and young people in the house on both an individual and a group level.
- Use daily routines to provide hands-on mentoring to children and young people to develop life skills such as cooking, personal care, and budgeting.
- Complete all required documentation daily, such as Progress Notes and Incident Reports, in a clear and detailed manner.
- Perform household duties, which include the preparation of nutritional meals for children and young people and maintaining the hygiene and cleanliness of the house.
- Assist with all aspects of service delivery such as activities of daily living, social and community participation, education, and recreation.
- Act as a positive role model and supervise children and young people who live in the home.
- Understand and abide by organisational policies and procedures.
- Complete mandatory training and ongoing professional development training.
Working hours
The house operates 24/7, including shift work (sleepovers, weekends, and possible awake shifts, as required). You must be available to work a minimum of 4 shifts per week.
About you
- A team player – ability to work within a care team of Support Workers, coordinators and stakeholders, listening to, sharing, and implementing strategies to improve quality of life outcomes for children and young people across their domains of wellbeing.
- Great at relationship building – listening and giving your time. Respecting yourself and others and having professional boundaries.
- Flexible and adaptive – be open to new ideas, cope with unexpected change and multitask with ease. Be creative in your thinking and approach each task with confidence and without judgment.
Requirements
- A passion for supporting people with disability, and vulnerable children and young people.
- Flexibility and willingness to travel.
- A current WA driver's licence.
- Proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
- Working With Children Check (available upon success).
- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (available upon success).
- Ability to obtain a Department of Communities 395 Clearance (available upon success).
- Certificate IV or Diploma in Youth Work will be highly regarded.
Plan and Grow acknowledges and pays respect to past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation, and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and providing opportunities for employment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For enquiries, please contact Jade at ***********@planandgrow.net.
