Residential Care Practitioner | Out of Home Care | Toowoomba

- Employment Term: Permanent Part-Time Chance (64 hours per fortnight)
- Location: Toowoomba
- Remuneration: $46.70 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Save tax and increase your take home pay)
- Applications Close: Applications will be reviewed as they are received and, therefore, may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As a Residential Care Practitioner, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together

Your part in our UnitingCare team

This position will involve:

- Working in accordance with the CARE model, you will be able to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, young people and families by taking a therapeutic centred approach
- As a Residential Care Practitioner, you will support the provision of stable, trauma informed, nurturing non-family-based care arrangements
- Maintaining a Clean and Safe home environment
- Managing Day to Day tasks within the context of a Residential Care home environment
- Completing verbal and written reports as per Program policies and procedures
- Have flexibility to work weekdays, weekends and sleep over shifts
- Support the practical application of the CARE model when caring for children in our care

The focus of this Program is to provide support to children with to extreme needs, by encouraging them to:

- Feel a strong sense of identity and belonging through development of social and interpersonal skills
- Build positive and trusting connections with family,



friends and community through relationship-based experiences and consistent and caring responses
- Have access to opportunities for learning and development to meet their individual needs.
- Create healthy lifestyle choices and access to additional external support services for physical, mental and emotional support and promote positive life outcomes.

What makes a difference for us?

- To be successful in this role you will ideally have the following:
- A minimum of a Certificate IV in Child, Youth & Family Intervention or Cert IV in Human Services, Community Services, Youth Services or related field
- Experience incorporating the six CARE Principals when supporting Children and Young People, or reflection on how you would incorporate these into your practice
- Must also be willing to undergo a personal history check under the provision of the Child Protection Act 1999 in relation to Licensing of Care Services (LCS2 screening check)
- Strong understanding of the child protection system and more specifically previous exposure to a residential or out of home care environment
- Completed the Hope and Healing Framework Foundations Training or be willing to undertake this
- Strong therapeutic background with a well-developed understanding of C.A.R.E principles and/or a trauma informed framework of practice
- Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
- Current Queensland Driver Licence
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate

Please note: As part of UnitingCare’s commitment to professional development and provision of trauma informed care, successful candidates will be paid to attend training in person for TCI, CARE and Three Pillars of transforming care.

What makes a difference for you?

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained

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📌 Residential Care Practitioner (Toowoomba Regional)
🏢 UnitingCare - Queensland
📍 Toowoomba Regional