Therapeutic Youth Worker - Itc

Our Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Newcastle Team is seeking passionate, dedicated, resilient and reliable Youth Support Workers to empower our Young People & Families to achieve what is important to them through quality care, planning and safety delivered outcomes.

In and around Newcastle we are fortunate to assist a diverse range of young people and their families in our Out of Home Care Accommodation Services. Our ITC Youth Workers provide quality, reliable, responsive, and flexible supports in a friendly, caring, and empathetic way.

As a Youth Support Worker (ITC) your responsibilities will include :

• Active Support
• Assisting our young people to get ready for the day ahead including getting dressed and showered and preparing meals, coordinating activities, transportation and social outings, plan for and achieve daily goals.
• Health Support
• Administering medication, understanding our young person's health and wellbeing plan, medication documentation and protocols and any other health support plans.
• Positive Behaviour Support
• Managing young person's behaviour triggers, strategies to prevent triggers and or how to support the individual when experiencing behaviours of concerns. This will also include de-escalation strategies.
• Safeguarding
• Complete core training, including violence prevention training and other young person specific training.
• Teamwork
• Participate openly in group regular scheduled reflection and support and team meetings, continuously reflect, and learn from challenges and experiences to improve the service and the workplace.
• Administration
• Meet the policies, procedures, and code of conduct of Lifestyle Solutions.
• What can Lifestyle Solutions offer you?

We have Casual, Full-Time, Part-Time options available across Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Maitland, and Port Stephens locations.

Joining Lifestyle Solutions will give you the satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of young people. Our team is here because we care, and because of this, we have an enriching and rewarding culture within our teams. Other benefits include :

We're people who care. Lifestyle Solutions provides services to people with a disability, young people and children in Out of Home Care, their families, and communities. Our customers receive services designed to meet their everyday needs and support them to achieve their goals. Our national workforce is committed to providing service that is reliable, responsive, flexible, friendly, empathetic, and caring.

We believe everyone is equal.

We stand for everyone in society having equal opportunity and equal respect. We do this by providing our customers access to quality services and dedicated people who make a real difference in their lives. We believe this is everyone's fundamental right. You can learn more about us here.