Therapeutic Residential Care Worker - Talent Register
Division: Child Protection and Family Support
Position No: Pool Ref COM21226
Salary: Level 2, $103,485- $110,955 pa (includes 30% commuted allowance) pro rata + Super - PSCSAA 2024
Work Type: Fixed Term - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time, Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part Time, Casual
Location: South West
Closing Date: 2027-04-28 4:00 PM (YYYY-MM-DD)
Fixed term and permanent employees receive 17.5% annual leave loading.
Casuals receive an additional 25% loading allowance on top of the base salary $79,604 - $85,350 pa pro rata and penalty rates may apply.
More Than Just a Job
At Communities we play a vital role in supporting and strengthening communities across Western Australia. We provide services and work with our partners to keep children secure, provide vital community services, including in emergencies, address homelessness, prevent family and domestic violence and provide stewardship for the disability sector. Our work also includes regulating early childhood education and care and leading initiatives across women’s interests, youth, seniors and ageing, carers, and volunteering.
Join the South West Residential Care Team for an experience of a lifetime
The South West of Western Australia features some of the best beaches, forests, and national parks to explore in your spare time. There is a great sense of community with endless family friendly venues and great schools. There is a mix of large regional centres with their available amenities and smaller country towns with their unique attractions. Discover the South West for yourself.
Based on eligibility, and location, you could be paid:
- 5 weeks annual leave (includes 1 week of shift work allowance),
- 10 days for public holidays and 3 days public service holidays per annum.
- Three days public service holidays per annum
Read more about the benefits of working with us.
Your Role. Your Impact.
Step into the world of Child Protection and Family support where your work is more than just a job.
As a Therapeutic Residential Care Worker you will be responsible for working as a member of a team to achieve best outcomes for children and young people and providing group and individual therapeutic residential care to children and young people. You will assist in planning, developing and implementing activities for children and young people.
You will be required to work a rotating roster of morning, afternoon and awake night shifts from Monday to Sunday to support the children in care in a 24/7 service.
Your work is guided by the Sanctuary Model to ensure the consistent delivery of trauma informed care to young people in Therapeutic Residential Care, which includes the Seven Commitments for creating safe environments. (see attached).
If you’d like to know more about the team or the role, connect with Lily O'Sullivan, Associate Director on 0411 051 465 or via email Lily.O'
[email protected].
For more details, please refer to the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
How the Talent Register works
The Talent Register may be used to identify potential applicants for:
- backfilling opportunities of up to 12 months, including acting opportunities, secondments, temporary backfill arrangements and short-term fixed-term appointments.
- fixed-term opportunities & permanent vacancies using Limited Search as the recruitment method.
While this is not an application for a specific role, you may be considered for suitable opportunities as they arise.
Backfilling Opportunities (12 Months or Less)
By joining the Talent Register, you consent to being considered for temporary opportunities of up to 12 months.
If your skills and experience are suited to an opportunity:
- We may contact you about it
- We may review your suitability
- You may be offered the opportunity, depending on the outcome and business needs.
Limited Search Permanent and Fixed-Term Opportunities
A Talent Register may be used to identify potential applicants for permanent and fixed-term opportunities using Limited search recruitment methods.
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