Residential Support Worker

Residential Support Worker

We have an exciting opportunity for a Residential Support Worker to join our team at our Armadale Youth Accommodation Service (AYAS)

Our Purpose

Our Purpose is to support children, young people, and their families to build skills and capacity, address the impacts of trauma and adverse childhood experiences, and develop capabilities that will enable them to be the best versions of themselves.

Our Vision

We see a future where Western Australia is the safest place in the world and all children, young people, and their families feel safe to dream, to thrive, and to reach their fullest potential.

About the Role

The Residential Support Worker works under the general direction of the Team Leader and is responsible for maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment for young people residing in the crisis accommodation programme for AYAS and providing support to the young people residing in the transitional units.

About AYAS

Parkerville Children and Youth Care’s Armadale Youth Accommodation Service (AYAS) is a short-term crisis accommodation for at risk or homeless young people between the ages of 15 and 21. The Armadale Youth Accommodation Service is a six-bed facility that can provide short term accommodation for young people.

During their stay at the Armadale Youth Accommodation Service, young people are provided with a safe environment to live. Our team of Youth Workers assist and encourage young people to make positive changes in their lives through informal counselling, referring them to services that can assist them with any issues they are facing, teaching them independent living skills, inclusive of cooking, cleaning, maintaining gardens and most household chores Our staff also link young people with other services that can assist them with longer-term accommodation.

This role is offered on a casual basis.

As a Residential Support Worker, your duties and responsibilities will be:

Embrace a trauma informed lens in all aspects of your interactions with the clients

Providing emotional support, encouragement and guidance, utilising solution focused brief therapy as appropriate.

Maintain a consistent environment for Parkerville’s young people with an established routine where expectations clear and realistic.

Provide role-modelling of positive behaviours and social interactions

Assist the young people in developing their independent living skills by supporting them with daily tasks, including cooking and cleaning.

Ensure an appropriate level of safety is maintained for young people at the premises and on outings,

Be apart of a larger team on a 24-hour shift roster with rotations

To be successful for this role, the applicant will have:

Experience in Youth work, working with at-risk and homeless youth.

Understanding and experience in case management and advocacy for youth and families.

Ability to communicate with and respond to youth and families and to maintain boundaries.

Willingness to develop skills through further professional development in working therapeutically with youth and their families.

Skills in residential care, including care and maintenance of the physical environment, working with individuals and groups of young people through everyday life events and special activities.

Parkerville Children and Youth Care are uniquely positioned to provide the successful applicant with the following benefits.

SCHADS Schedule C Paypoint and Level 1.1 - $45.00 per hour

Discounted Health Insurance Plans

EAP Service with Wellness resources

Ongoing Learning and Development Opportunities

Parkerville Children and Youth Care have a zero tolerance to alcohol and drugs.

All applicants must meet the above criteria and are permitted to work and remain in Australia with no limitations.

We hope to hear from you by 4:00pm, 2nd February 2024. Applications will be assessed regularly, and we may not wait until the closing date before you hear from us. We reserve the right to close the position earlier.

Parkerville Children and Youth Care Inc. has met the Safeguarding Children Standards set out by the Australian Childhood Foundation and received full Safeguarding Children accreditation in September 2019 and achieved re-accreditation in June 2022.

Parkerville CYC is committed to ensure that we maintain a diverse and inclusive workplace where our staff are welcomed and feel safe to be their authentic selves. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of gender, sexuality, age, disability, religion, or cultural background.

We are committed to increasing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.