Careers

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply

About the role

Lead, motivate and mentor a team of Interim Care Residential Workers in providing trauma informed care and support 3 children aged 13-16 years living at our residential care home in Cranebrook.

You will support the children and young people in this service to develop independent living skills, engage in education and remain positively connected to their team of Care Workers, Families, and broader community connections. 

This full time position is offered on a maximum term contract through to August 2026.

Learn more about Life Without Barriers' services for Children, Young People & Families here: https://www.lwb.org.au/services/child-youth-and-family/

Key Responsibilities

• Manage home in accordance with the CARE model, legislation, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements
• Provide direct care and support to children and young people within a residential care setting. 
• Be actively present in the home environment, providing role modelling to staff
• Oversee and participate in the planning and implementation of therapeutic care plans
• Model and support staff in applying the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) system
• Create and maintain rostering and staff availability patterns to ensure rosters are within budget and supports healthy work/life balance for all team members.

Skills & Experience

• A Diploma of Community Services, Youth work or related (A qualification is desirable but not essential for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants with relevant experience)
• Previous Leadership experience in services that support Children & Young people, ideally within a residential out of home care setting
• Experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage.
• Commitment to complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Training and be assessed as TCI competent within the probationary period.
• Current Provide First Aid (HLTAID011) certificate
• Current Drivers Licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check, Working with Children Check & NSW Residential Care Workers Register Check

Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all NISS and Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, reducing on call requirements for our front-line leaders and significantly improving their work-life balance.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Kristy Crowe via recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 18^th May 2025

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.