Are you passionate about supporting young people with high and complex needs? Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dedicated Residential Services team.

About the role

Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of young people facing adversity?

If you’re passionate about supporting children and adolescents with high and complex needs, we have an incredible opportunity for you to become a key member of our dedicated Residential Services team. This is your chance to have a lasting impact on young lives, helping them navigate through trauma, and empowering them to unlock their full potential.

Our Residential Services provide crucial accommodation and care to children and young people referred through the Child Protection system. As a Residential Care Worker, you will be at the heart of this mission, supporting our young residents on their journey to healing and growth. Every day will be an opportunity to engage with young people, respond to their emotional and functional needs, build their personal skills, and contribute to both administrative and household duties.

We are seeking a compassionate and resilient individual who has a strong background in residential care and is ready to face the challenges of managing trauma and pain-based behaviors with empathy and expertise. If you have a deep sense of purpose and are driven to help young people overcome their struggles, this is the role for you.

Join us and be part of a team that’s truly changing lives. Together, we can help shape brighter futures for those who need it most.

We are recruiting for multiple highly experienced Residential Care Workers based in Fawkner within our Out of Home Care program. The position reports to the Residential House Supervisor.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential and Out of Home Care or other similar or relevant tertiary qualifications.
• A genuine interest in young people and their wellbeing.
• Demonstrate empathy for young people in our care in an open minded and nonjudgmental manner.
• Highly developed capacity for emotional self-regulation including the capacity to set and maintain consistent boundaries to provide safety, stability and consistency.

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

For more information, please contact: Gemma Cassingham at: [email protected] or on 03 9680 0904.

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.