Residential Youth Worker - Hervey Bay
Core
Support children and young people in out-of-home care by creating safety, stability, and predictability while assisting with daily living and managing complex behaviors linked to trauma.
Role type
Residential Youth Worker
Builds
Safe, nurturing environments for at-risk youth in residential care settings
Domain
Child protection and youth welfare
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Trauma-informed care, de-escalation techniques, administering medications, facilitating transportation, building trusting relationships, managing complex behaviors, reflective practice
Preferred skills
Experience with neurodiversity, understanding of disrupted attachment, skills in relational repair
Technologies
TCI model, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention framework
Responsibilities
Create safety and stability for young people, assist with personal care and daily living, facilitate transportation to school and appointments, promote emotional regulation through activities, administer medications, deliver trauma-informed care, engage in therapeutic practices like TCI, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on support plans
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC