Home Based Care Support Worker

MacKillop Family Services

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Home-Based Care Support Worker helps provide a safe, structured, accepting and secure environment for children and young people, while protecting their rights and interests and serving as an effective role model. The role uses planned, goal-directed and integrated therapeutic interventions, treating interactions as opportunities for therapeutic benefit and positive engagement. It also supports children and young people to maintain important connections with their families of origin, friends and local community.

The role participates in the day-to-day operation of the Home-Based Care House, including household duties, implementing MacKillop and Home-Based Care policies and procedures, and conducting regular safety checks. The worker provides high-quality physical and emotional care, supports appropriate recreational activities, and ensures relevant information is clearly recorded and communicated to appropriate people and teams, including case managers, MacKillop After Hours Services, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, and other support services.

This is a part-time, fixed-term position ending November 2027, based in East Melbourne, Victoria, within the Home-Based Care Program. The position reports to the Home-Based Care Coordinator.

Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values, and awareness of current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families.
• Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential and Out of Home Care), or other similar or relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Current valid Victorian driver’s licence and ability to drive MacKillop vehicles, including transporting clients.
• Genuine interest in young people and their wellbeing.
• Empathy for young people, demonstrated in an open-minded and non-judgemental manner.
• Highly developed emotional self-regulation, including the ability to set and maintain consistent boundaries that provide safety, stability and consistency.
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check.
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check.
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check for risk-assessed or client-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide an environment of safety, structure, acceptance and security for children, young people and staff.
• Protect the rights and interests of children and young people and act as an effective role model.
• Use planned, goal-directed and integrated therapeutic interventions, making interactions opportunities for therapeutic gain and positive engagement.
• Support children and young people to maintain links with their family of origin, friendship networks and local community.
• Participate in day-to-day operations, including household duties.
• Implement MacKillop and Home-Based Care policies and procedures.
• Conduct regular safety checks in the home.
• Provide high-quality physical and emotional care to children and young people, supporting their safety and wellbeing.
• Provide and participate in appropriate recreational activities with children and young people.
• Clearly record and communicate relevant information about children and young people to appropriate people and teams, including case managers, MacKillop After Hours Services, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, and other support services.

Benefits

• Generous salary packaging to help increase take-home pay.
• Ongoing career development, education and training.
• Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: Associate degree