Youth Worker – Complex Care
- Join a highly engaged, professional, and collaborative team
- Make a real and lasting impact in our community
- Deliver high impact outcomes with our client groups
We Are Key Assets Australia
Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007. We provide foster care, complex care , family and family support services . Operating across all states, ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you!
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.
A little about the role
We are seeking appropriately qualified and experienced people to join our expanding team of Youth Workers (residential) working in our Transitional High Needs Placements (Complex Care) program in the Perth metro and Kununurra region.
The position is in a live-in staff rostered home, working within a therapeutic model of care, providing direct care to Young People in consultation with the key care team. This role requires strong communication and de-escalation skills to effectively support and respond to situations involving distressed or vulnerable children and young people.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
- Implement, monitor and review individual therapeutic and goal plans.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of trauma informed therapeutic care to assist in deescalating and responding to critical incidents with the young person
- Experience in dealing with children and young people (various ages from 0-18yo) with 'complex needs and behaviours' and the ability to therapeutically manage these behaviours.
- Availability to work a 24/7 rotating roster which may include days, evenings, sleepovers and weekends.
The base salary for this position is $80,006.68 - $ 85,798.44 per annum + super + salary packaging up to $15.9k per year.
This is a full-time, ongoing position.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will come with:
- AQF recognised degree or other equivalent training/qualifications in youth/social work or community services.
- At least 12 months’ experience and demonstrated knowledge in a similar role with the social and community services sector.
- The ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with child/young people and adults in different situations. You will be able to demonstrate effective communication in writing.
- The ability to identify early warning signs of mental health concerns and appropriate response, including risk assessment and escalation.
- Strong skills in building trusting relationships to support emotional regulation and resilience in young people.
- You will be reliable, flexible and dependable with solid organisation skills.
- You will enjoy making a substantial difference, every day, in the life of our young people.
- Current TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) and Mental Health First Aid certifications/demonstrable experience is highly regarded.
My Key Assets
The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.
- Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks’ of annual leave after 2 years’ continuous service with us!
- Professional Development: We provide both digital eLearning and ongoing face to face training as well as an online library. Your continual professional development is always top of our priority list - you’ll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities!
- Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year!
The fine print
Applications close: 29 July 2026, 9pm, WST
- For further information, please contact Ben Wandei, Team Manager at [email protected].
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo a 395 Dept of Communities statutory check and hold (or be willing to obtain) a valid WA Working with Children Card, NDIS Clearance, and First Aid and CPR Certifications.
- Full (not provisional) Australian driver’s licence is required as travel between sites is required
If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, Ben and his amazing team would love to hear from you. Click Apply today!
Note for our recruiter network - we’re handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.
Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion.
Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
While we're reviewing your application, get to know us by visiting our website and on social media to #WeAreKeyAssets.
