About UnitingCare

People Helping People.  It’s at the heart of everything we do. As the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church we’ve supported people across Queensland for over 100 years. And while each of our 400 locations offers unique challenges and rewards, our 17,000 staff and 9,000 volunteers are all united by a single goal – to help improve the lives of people in communities across Queensland.

Our vision for 2030 is to become Australia’s most trusted and respected health and community services provider, delivering exceptional values-based care in every corner of the community, and globally recognised as a leading light in care model innovation. 

UnitingCare Communities provides direct support to people with a disability in order to foster inclusion into communities of choice; maximise independence, develop and maintain social networks and assist people to make and implement informed choices about their lives.

We invite you to be part of our exciting journey!

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for humble, hard working, emotionally intelligent, creative and flexible team players to join our Residential team based in Cairns.  Our service works on a 24/7 rotating roster and the successful applicant must be prepared to undertake shifts as part of this roster.

Our Youth Workers work with young people in our care who have moderate to extreme needs, supporting them to:

• Feel safe and nurtured in a stable environment
• Feel a strong sense of identity and belonging
• Build positive and trusting connections with family, friends and community
• Learn and develop to their full potential
• Make healthy lifestyle choices and access health care services
• Develop strong social and interpersonal skills

In addition to the above your role will also include but not be limited to:

• Maintaining a Clean and Safe home environment
• Managing Day to Day tasks within the context of a residential care home
• Completing verbal and written reports as and when required

About You

To be successful in this role you will ideally have a strong understanding of the child protection system and more specifically previous exposure to a residential or out of home care environment. In addition you will have a strong therapeutic background ideally with a well-developed understanding of C.A.R.E principles.  

Supplementing the above you will require the following qualifications and certificates:

• A minimum Cert IV or above  in human services, community services, Youth Services or related field and have completed the Hope and Healing Framework Foundations Training or be willing to undertake this.
• Current Blue Card = Working with Children
• A current Qld Driver Licence (Must be Open and valid licence - to be confirmed prior to offer of employment)
• A senior First Aid Certificate (must be valid and hold prior to employment)
• Be subject to relevant criminal and child protection system checks

This is a challenging but extremely rewarding position.

As one of the largest employers in the sector and the state, UnitingCare Queensland offers a variety of benefits including values based work environment, discounted products and services, attractive salary packaging, career development and lifestyle benefits.

UnitingCare is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation and for all children who come into contact with our services we will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services, prevent child abuse and neglect within our services and appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur 

Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and  serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.