• Work in an inclusive, down to earth & welcoming culture.
• Make impact to people's lives, promoting stability & encouraging personal growth
• Not for profit benefits and Employee Assistance Program.

Youth Worker

• Fraser Coast & Bundaberg
• Multiple Casual Opportunities
• Rate: $38.65/hr (starting from)

Churches of Christ is one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations, delivering a range of care and community services across Residential Aged Care, Home Care and Retirement Living, Foster and Kinship Care and Housing Support for over 140 years.

Youth Worker - About the role

NOTE: We have multiple Casual Opportunities

Here at Churches of Christ, we help more than 2,200 Queensland families to become happier, safer, healthier, and stronger through our intervention and support services. Currently, there is an opportunity for you to become a part of this initiative.

As a Youth Worker, you will work directly with young people in Foster and Residential Care. Your role will be vital in encouraging those with high complex to be offered the support they need to thrive, remain safe, secure, and nurtured, and achieve the best outcomes.

The impact you make in their lives will be significant, promoting stability and encouraging personal growth.

You will join a collaborative team of youth workers dedicated to supporting young people, carers, and families. By sharing both positive experiences and challenges, team members will support one another in creating a nurturing and effective environment for everyone involved.

There is an opportunity to take on additional work during school holidays, and while weekend shifts are required, they will not be every weekend.

About you 

You are enthusiastic about the welfare of children and achieving the absolute best outcomes for them. You offer patience, trust, resilience, flexibility and humour and the ability to easily establish and build rapport with people, in addition to being a naturally caring and positive individual.

This is a role collaborating with people and as such, you should really thrive on those daily interactions. With effective communication, organisational and problem-solving skills, you are capable of cultural competence, crisis management, building advocacy and collaboration when liaising comfortably with a range of internal and external stakeholders. 

To be suitable for this position, your qualifications skills and experience will consist of: 

• A Certificate IV in a relevant child welfare course or enrolled and working towards completion. 
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge working in residential care; and/or working with young people in a child protection or community service context.
• Solid experience working with young people who have significant emotional and psychological support needs.
• Current Driver's Licence.
• Possess or have the ability to obtain a National Police Check, Blue Card (Working with Children), and a Licensed Care Services (LCS). 

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Integrity, Compassion. Excellence and Courage. 

Why Join Us?

• Transformative leadership and a high performing team culture.
• Opportunities for career development, stretch assignments and progression.
• Join a stable not for profit organisation with purpose and community impact.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• 5 weeks annual leave and the ability to purchase more.
• Not for profit salary packaging up to $18,549 tax-free.
• Work in an inclusive, down to earth & welcoming culture.
• Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study.
• Employee Assistance Program.

We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions. 

Applications will be assessed as they are received.