Youth Worker Opportunities – Make a Real Difference

Multiple Casual Positions | Brisbane

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to heal, grow and thrive?

Life Without Barriers is recruiting Youth Workers for our Out of Home Care and Residential programs across Brisbane. If you bring compassion, resilience and trauma-informed understanding — we’d love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• Permanent rate: $38.65 p/h

• Casual rate: $48.31 p/h

• 12% Super + Salary packaging up to $15,900

• Ongoing training 

• Genuine career progression opportunities

Many of our leaders began as Youth Workers. This role can launch a long-term career or provide flexible, meaningful work while you study.

About the Role

You will:

• Build safe, trusting relationships with children and young people

• Be a positive role model and support life skills development

• Encourage family connection and community participation

• Support young people to have a voice in decisions

• Work across a 24/7 roster, including sleepover shifts

Locations

Chermside | Alderley | Cannon Hill | Mt Gravatt | Inala | Forest Lake
Training and meetings held in Milton.

Essential Requirements

• Cert IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention or other relevant qualification (completed or actively enrolled – QLD standards apply)

• Experience supporting trauma-based behaviours

• Unrestricted (Open) Driver’s Licence

• Registered and insured vehicle

• Current First Aid & CPR (or willingness to obtain)

• Willingness to obtain a Blue Card

All positions within Life Without Barriers will be required to undergo probity checks including criminal record checks and working with children check (where relevant to the position).

How to register your interest

Include your resume, 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 “YW – Brisbane”.  Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address, they must be submitted online.

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.

About Life Without Barriers

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.