Residential Youth Worker
DCC Industry Group
Toowoomba, Toowoomba & Darling Downs QLD
$43 – $65 per hour
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About Us:
DCC Industry Group is dedicated to enriching lives through our key divisions: Youth & Communities, Allied Health, Workforce, and Disability Services. Our goal is to provide services that empower individuals across all stages of life, supporting their well-being and personal growth in every aspect of their journey.
About the role:
In this role, you will guide and assist our young people with personal care needs such as meal preparation, maintaining hygiene standards, medication administration and accurate medication data recording, facilitating development skills and socialisation, and providing transport to school, appointments and community-based activities. You will also offer trauma-informed care to children and young people dealing with complex behavioural challenges and trauma backgrounds.
About you:
The ideal candidate is passionate about working with children and young people, being a strong role model and resilient, and can help the children and young people explore themselves and their culture with good personal values.
We’re seeking candidates with flexible schedules, available for a mix of day, night and weekend shifts as needed. These positions require work across 24/7 rotating rostered shifts, including sleepovers, weekends, and public holidays.
What’s on offer:
- Sleepover allowance
- Flexible roster
- Regular supervision and access to our Employment Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional therapeutic behavioural training
- Cultural competency assistance
- No use of personal vehicles whilst on shift
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Certificate IV or higher in Youth Work or Child, Youth and Family Intervention or similar
- Current Blue Card
- Current Yellow Card
- National Crime Check
- LCS Personal History Check
- Current Australian driver’s license
- Current First Aid and CPR, or willingness to obtain
If this sounds like an opportunity for you, or should you have further questions or require more information, please contact [email protected].
We’re serious about diversity and cultural inclusivity. DCC Industry Group is an employer of equal opportunity and encourages people from a background of CALD, LGBTQIA+, women, and First Nations people to apply.