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

The purpose of the Carer Assessor QLD role is to facilitate and complete the assessment process of carer applicants and to ensure the assessment process is undertaken in accordance with Life Without Barriers standards and procedures.

In this role, you’ll complete high-quality carer assessments, home visits, and reviews to ensure carers are prepared and supported to provide safe, nurturing environments for children and young people. Using the CARE model, you’ll identify strengths, training needs, and risks while fostering reflective practice with applicants. You may also contribute to carer engagement activities and provide mentoring support to colleagues where required.

This role is offered as a max-term contract through to 30 June 2026, with the potential for extension, and is based at our Ipswich office.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete carer assessments, home visits, and referee checks in line with LWB standards.

• Prepare clear, strengths-based written reviews and reports.

• Identify training needs, safety concerns, or placement issues and recommend solutions.

• Support carers to reflect on the impact of the caring role on their lives and families.

• Participate in Carer Assessment Panels when required.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with applicants, internal teams, and external stakeholders.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Recognised degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field (eligibility for AASW highly regarded).

• Significant experience in child and family welfare, including carer assessments.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to have honest and, at times, difficult conversations.

• Knowledge and experience of the CARE model of therapeutic care (desirable).

• Demonstrated ability to identify training needs and areas for improvement with carers.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes within timeframes.

• Current driver’s licence.

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, mobile phone and laptop + not for-profit tax reduction options.
• Supportive team environment  
• Salary packaging tax benefits, Meal Entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities
• Monthly RDO

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading “CA - Ipswich”.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight Tuesday 30th September 2025.