EOI - Residential Care Workers
Job No:
Berry3152
Location:
Morwell/Traralgon
- Expression of Interest - Residential Care Workers
- Multiple positions – Part Time & Full Time Lines available
- Morwell - Traralgon Location - Gippsland Region | Multiple Units
About us:
Berry Street's Residential Care Programs provide accommodation, care and support to children and young people. With multiple sites across Victoria, our houses are staffed on a 24-hour roster, 7 days a week. Most shifts are 8 hours in length and day and afternoon shifts span the hours of 7am and 11pm and are required to be able available to work night and stand up shifts.
We have several opportunities for current staff to apply for ongoing lines on a long term basis. This will give employees an opportunity to have a structured work life balance where you can fit in the more important things in life, like family, kids and well spent time with your loved ones.
Key responsibilities:
- Working closely with Children and Young People who may display complex issues, possible trauma affectation and disabilities.
- Supporting Children and Young People with major behaviours of concern within a positive and therapeutic frame work.
- Assistance with activities of daily living, this includes spending quality time in the home, cooking meals, undertaking household duties and participating in their daily activities as required.
- Documentation and progress note keeping will form part of the duties involved for this role.
Work across a variety of shifts:
At Berry Street we encourage a work life balance and ensure our people take the opportunities to work across varied shifts to allow time for those important things in life; such as family and friends.
We offer the following shifts for our Residential Care Workers;
- Day/Evening: Shifts between the hours of 7:00am - 8:00pm.
- Stand Up: Shifts are between 10:00pm - 08:00am.
Opportunities are available at the following Units;
- Lansdowne Road Traralgon
- Comans Street Morwell
- Chestnut Avenue Morwell
About You:
- A genuine desire to engage and build meaningful relationships with young people
- Interest in contributing to the wellbeing and development of young people
- Flexible
- Enjoy responsibility and lots of variety in their job
- Great communication skills and engage well with young people and staff
- Resilience during a crisis or conflict
- Computer savvy
- Reflect on your practice and make improvements where possible
- Professional to deal with services supporting young people.
How to apply:
Please view the full Position Description attached to this advertisement before applying.
- Include a Cover Letter and Resume before submitting your application.
- Applications close on Sunday, 02 June 2019, 23:00 hours.
- To download the Position Description, please click here
- Under no circumstances can this advertisement must not be circulated outside of Berry Street. These Lines are for current Berry Street Staff only.
Queries to Justin Hughes or Rebecca Domotor at Residential Services on 5134 5971
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Comprehensive reference and background checking will be undertaken, including a Working with Children Check and police check. Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.