Residential Youth Worker

At Stepping Stone House, we truly believe in empowering young people to achieve their dreams and thrive!

We are currently seeking passionate and enthusiastic Youth Workers for our Residential Services across our programs in Dulwich Hill & Kingsgrove. This is a shift work position where you will be required to work days, evenings, sleepovers and weekend work as the house is operational 24/7. We have permanent part time positions available with up to 60 hour contracts as well as casual positions.

About Stepping Stone House

Stepping Stone House is a not-for-profit charity that provides accommodation and personal development for children and young people aged 12-25 years old who through no fault of their own find themselves at risk of homelessness or unable to live at home. We have a foundation of building resilience through outdoor education and activities.

What you will be doing – Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a safe and supportive home environment.
• Implement the use of boundaries, structure and choice to support young people to learn from their experiences and choose alternative (talking out rather than acting out) methods of meeting needs.
•  Build safe and meaningful relationships with young people.
• Uphold behavioural support and intervention plans and support the young people’s emotional and psychological growth as determined by their therapeutic and strength based individualised case management plans.
• Teach age-appropriate independent living such as cooking, cleaning, personal care, budgeting etc.
• Manage group dynamics and individual needs.
• Attend appointments with young people as required. 
• Plan, facilitate and supervise engaging recreational activities.
• Complete necessary administrative tasks.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum Diploma and working towards tertiary qualifications in social work, youth work or a related field.
• Minimum two years’ experience working with disadvantaged young people in the Out of Home Care (OOHC) Residential Sector, other residential youth settings or similar field.
• In depth understanding of homelessness, the impacts of being removed from home and trauma-based issues of young people in the OOHC Residential Sector.
• Ability to think and act calmly and deal with distressed young people sensitively and confidently and with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrated experience in the ability to maintain professional bounda
• The ability to effectively work autonomously, under supervision and as part of a team.
• Understanding and knowledge of relevant legislation such as OOHC standards, mandatory reporting.
• Strong negotiation, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision making skills.
• Ability to follow and implement structured rules, regulations and values.
• A Valid Driver’s License.
• First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain one.

Remuneration

The position will be paid at SCHADS Level 3 – Pay Point dependent on experience and qualification level.

Stepping Stone House is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applicants who have an Indigenous and / or culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background.

Please note: Child Safety is at the forefront of all work completed at Stepping Stone House. If your application is successful, you will be required to obtain a Working with Children Check, a Criminal History Check and provide consent to be registered on the OCG’s residential youth workers registry.