Matung Kunarr Aboriginal Corporation is a provider of specialist Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Out Home Care and disability services. We are a Not for Profit, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) dedicated to offering quality support services to children, young people and vulnerable adults. We offer out of home care services, behaviour support, allied health services, and disability support for people with psychosocial and physical challenges.
We are passionate about the wellbeing and care of the young people we support utilising our Matung Wannay (Courageous Children - Wonnarua language) Practice Framework to provide therapeutic care. The framework is based on building trusting, safe attachments and connections which are trauma informed, culturally safe, evidence based and align with our values.
We are seeking experienced therapeutic youth workers to join our team in Tweed Heads NSW. As a member of the Out of Home Care team, you will be providing direct care to children and young people living in residential care placements who have experienced childhood trauma, abuse or neglect and may have challenges with mental health, physical or psychosocial disability. The children and young people we support thrive in a therapeutic, safe, positive environment with experienced, supportive youth workers.
You will be a resilient, mature mentor with a focus on individualised, consistent care and a dedication to ensuring children and young people feel heard, valued and empowered. Your key responsibilities will be:
Qualifications - Diploma in Community Services or similar OR Minimum 3 year's experience in Youth Work.
Experience working with Children with Complex Trauma and/or disability and high behavioural needs
Experience working directly with children / young people and families with complex support needs and disabilities, preferably in child protection or out of home care services.
Experience in positive behaviour support and functional assessment data collection, including completing incident reports, shift notes, QR codes and ABC data.
Highly developed capacity for emotional self-regulation, including the capacity to set and maintain consistent boundaries to provide safety, stability and consistency.
Capacity and willingness to work a rotating roster including day, night, weekend and sleepover shifts.
Matung Kunarr Aboriginal Corporation is a child safe organisation committed to providing a safe environment where all children and young people are treated with respect and are protected from harm. We have zero tolerance for child abuse.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with a disability and women.
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Therapeutic Youth Worker • Tweed Heads, AU
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