Youth Worker - Perth, Australia - Key Assets

Key Assets

Verified Company

Perth, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:

Perth

Employment Type:
CA - Casual

Department:
Complex Care & Regional Manager Bunbury

We are seeking appropriately qualified and experienced people to join our expanding team of Youth Workers (residential) working in our Transitional High Needs Placements in Perth Metro.

The position is in a live-in staff rostered home working within a therapeutic model of care.

Benefits

Excellent rates and allowances

Multiple opportunities

Fulltime, Parttime and Casual
Mileage Reimbursed to the award rate
Ongoing training and support

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.

Why work with Key Assets Australia?
Working with Key Assets Australia 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 service they need.

We look for the following attributes:

Available to work a 24/7 rotating roster which may include days, evenings, sleepovers and weekends.
An understanding of trauma informed therapeutic care to assist in deescalating and responding to critical incidents with the young person.
Have experience in dealing with children and Young people with 'complex needs and behaviours' and the ability to therapeutically manage these behaviours.
Must have prior experience in working with vulnerable children and young people of various ages from yrs
Full, clean open Australian driver's license (specific to the state) and access to a fully insured car is also an essential requirement
Must have a current 'paid employment' Working With Children card for WA
Also have a current 'First Aid' certificate
Statutory Checks will be completed on all new staff as part of our recruitment process

For further information about this role in WA, please call
Jo Fletcher on
or

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, LGBTQI+, neurodiverse and people of all abilities to apply.
If you would like to discuss Key Assets in regards to our commitment to reconciliation, employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or information on our cultural practice, please contact our Cultural Practice Leader
Denice Kickett on , additionally you can view Key Assets commitment outlined in our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at