AddressSUPPORT WORKER - required for the Melbourne Metro area
Benefits
- Working across Southeast Melbourne, Bayside, Mornington Peninsula and Inner Gippsland
- Excellent rates and allowances
- Mileage Reimbursed to the award rate
- Work is needs based and casual
About Key Assets
Our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Key Assets was founded in Australia in 2007 and has grown to one of Australia’s leading non-government children and family services providers. We provide foster carer, family services and disability services. Operating across all states and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities.
We strive to continue our work in developing an innovative range of services for children and young people, while partnering with statutory bodies to understand and meet their unique needs, helping them to succeed.
To achieve that, we need people like you.
Working with Key Assets is about more than just a job. Our people do so much to put children first, so we do all we can to support them. We value you as a whole person, not just ‘a worker’, and we truly care about your wellbeing and your career. Because without you, we simply can’t do what we do. And without us, the people we support won’t get the care they need.
Applications are welcomed for appropriately qualified and experience people to carry out Casual Children and Young People Support for various Melbourne regions.
Support Workers are responsible for supporting foster carers and the young people placed with them through the provision of direct work and support with children and young people, as and when required. Coverage areas may include; in and around the Office location of Clayton and lower regions, Northern suburbs, Metro suburbs and Bayside.
About the role
Children/Youth Support Workers are responsible for supporting our young people placed in family based Out of Home Care (OOHC). This work is varied and may include planning and supporting activities, individual and or group work, transportation and may include supervising family contact. We have positions available in South East Melbourne, Bayside, Mornington Peninsula and Inner Gippsland.
We look for people who have empathy and an enormous passion to making a positive and lasting difference to our children and young people’s lives.
Responsibilities
- Providing various types of support to Child and Youth placed in foster carer (Transport, Social/Community, Education and Mentoring)
- Collaborative support, advocating for the child and participation in our Key Care team Framework
- Assist in care / behaviour plans for our children and young people
- Completion of required documentation, for operational compliance
- And ensure compliance of business policies and child protection procedure
Experience and Skills Required
- Be energetic and enthusiastic, have a passion for working with children and young people
- A certificate in Human Services and or a similar relevant field (minimum Cert 4)
- First Aid Certificate is essential
- Be confident and able to deal with difficult situations
- Proven experience in Children & Youth work
- Training / experience in child abuse / trauma related behaviours, youth Mental Health and similar
- Current Australian “C” Class driver license, is a must and your own fully insured/registered vehicle
- Availability during weekdays, during afternoon and early evenings (some weekend work may apply also).
- Applicants must reside in Australia to be eligible for consideration
- Must have a Working With Children Card relevant to the state for this post
For any further information please contact Carolyn Smith on 0475 717 *** or by email at *************@keyassets.org.au
Being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or holding an exemption for COVID-19 vaccinations is a condition of employment with Key Assets.
KEY ASSETS THE CHILDREN’S SERVICES PROVIDER is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We believe in diversity and inclusion in our team, and with that in mind, we encourage First Nations peoples, people from CALD backgrounds, LBTQI+, neurodiverse and people of all abilities to apply.
We are a committed partner in reconciliation and all applications for this role are valued. We look forward to hearing from you. If you would like to more information regarding our commitment to reconciliation, please view our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at keyassets.org.au.
