Support Worker
- Expressions of Interest to join our Casual Pool
- Rapidly growing community social care organisation
- 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
- Join an inclusive and diverse organisation
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 carer, family services and disability 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
Our Support Worker Co-ordinator is seeking expressions of interest to join a casual support worker pool. Ashley would love to hear from experienced Support Workers to primarily work after school hours and weekends - supports are generally 3-5 hrs long.
- Supports undertaken include school pickups, participation in community events, sports/ outdoor recreation.
- Transporting children and young people to appointments, providing therapeutic supports and implementing therapy goals.
Excellent rates SCHADS Level 3, $50.61 - $54.28 per hour inclusive of casual loading and allowances. These positions are CASUAL roles.
About you
You will bring demonstrated experience with dealing with vulnerable children and young people of various ages from 0-18years.
You must reside in Kununurra or the surrounding area.
- You will have a concise understanding of trauma informed therapeutic care to assist in deescalating and responding to critical incidents with the young person.
- You will have experience in dealing with children and young people with ‘complex needs and behaviours’ and the ability to therapeutically manage these behaviours
- You will be required to be available, after school hours and weekends.
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.
- Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work and have developed a flexible work framework to support these arrangements. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us!
- 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: ongoing – applicants will only be contacted if short listed for interview
- For further information, please contact Ashley Van Dyk, Support Worker Coordinator on 0473 000 771or [email protected]
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo a 395 Dept of Communities / National Police Check, hold a valid WWCC, First Aid/CPR and NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Full Australian driver’s licence, full comprehensive insurance (including business use), roadside assistance and registered vehicle is mandatory as travel between sites is required.
If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, Ashley would love to hear from you. Click Apply today!
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.
