Support Young People with Purpose

As a Residential Care Youth Worker, you’ll be part of a dedicated, trauma‑informed team providing day‑to‑day care, guidance, and support. You’ll help young people build life skills, develop routines, and achieve their goals in a safe, stable workplace.

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities include running the household – cooking meals, maintaining a clean and welcoming home environment, ensuring supplies are stocked, and managing the practical aspects of daily living. You’ll also transport young people to appointments and activities, administer and document medication, manage therapeutic behaviour, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including case managers, therapists, teachers and families. You will also be responsible for meeting DFFH standards and requirements, including maintaining accurate case notes, incident reporting and other essential administration.

This work is rewarding but demanding. You will be working with young people who have experienced significant trauma and need adults who remain calm, regulated, and therapeutic in challenging moments. You must be emotionally resilient, skilled in co‑regulation, and genuinely committed to trauma‑informed practice.

What You’ll Need

- Certificate IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention (or equivalent – see our website for the full list).
- Experience working with young people or strong motivation to learn.
- Residential Out‑of‑Home Care Youth Work experience is highly desirable.
- Current Australian Driver’s Licence, Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and First Aid Certificate.
- Willingness to undergo a National Police Check (we’ll arrange this for you).




- Commitment to ongoing training and trauma‑informed practice.
- If you have lived outside of Australia for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, you will need to provide an International Police Check that has been processed in the last 3 months from any of the countries you have lived in.

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- Applicants must complete the mandatory upskilling units as required by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. Continuing employment is dependent on satisfactory evidence provided within 6 months of being engaged in the role.

Why Work With Us?

- Competitive SCHADS Award pay.
- Penalty rates for afternoon, night, and sleep‑over shifts.
- Salary packaging to increase your take‑home pay (for permanent employees).
- Ongoing learning: free internal training + $500 per year for external development.
- Access to professional debriefing and our Employee Assistance Program.
- Annual wage increases aligned with Fair Work or CPI.

This opportunity is our Afternoon Line 4 in Sale, 59 hours per fortnight.

Schedule: Week 1 – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday; Week 2 – Wednesday, Thursday.

Junction Support Services is a child‑safe organisation and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from First Nations peoples, individuals with disability or lived experience of disability, and people of all cultural backgrounds, gender identities and sexual orientations. We value the unique perspectives and contributions that diversity brings to our workplace and the communities we serve.

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📌 Residential Care Youth Worker - Afternoon Shifts in Sale
🏢 Junction Support Services
📍 Sale