If you possess resilience, excellent communication skills, and a positive attitude, we want to hear from you!

About the Role:

As a Youth Worker in our Therapeutic Residential Care program with Mackillop, you will provide intensive, trauma‑informed support to children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural, and psychological needs many of whom have experienced significant adversity, trauma, or disrupted attachments. These young people cannot be safely supported in foster care and require a highly structured, consistent, and compassionate environment to begin healing.

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team including clinicians, care team members, and allied health professionals to implement individualised therapeutic plans that address the root causes of behaviour, build emotional resilience, and support long‑term recovery and development. Your role will be central to helping young people develop trust, experience safety, and form positive, secure relationships in both residential and community settings.

Several casual positions available!

This position is based across Canberra, ACT, and reports to the House Supervisor.

Your Impact:

Build meaningful therapeutic relationships that help young people regulate emotions, develop social skills, and rebuild a sense of self‑worth.

- Support young people through complex and high‑risk behaviours using consistent, trauma‑informed practices
- Implement and maintain therapeutic care frameworks based on attachment theory, neurodevelopment, and behaviour support
- Respond effectively to crises while maintaining a calm and supportive presence
- Foster environments where young people feel safe, valued, and empowered to grow

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A deep commitment to working with children and young people with high and complex needs
- Strong understanding of trauma and its impacts on development and behaviour
- Capacity to remain calm and effective in challenging situations
- Availability for a variety of shifts, including sleepovers and active nights
- Excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
- A values‑driven approach rooted in compassion, consistency, and respect.

Key Selection Criteria:

To excel in this role, you should possess the following:

- Experience working therapeutically with young people with complex trauma, mental health challenges, disability, or high‑risk behaviours
- Proven ability to follow and implement individualised case plans, behaviour support plans, and safety plans
- Ability to use evidence‑informed approaches such as social learning, emotional coaching, and positive behavioural support
- Capacity to contribute to a team culture focused on reflective practice, learning, and continuous improvement
- Willingness to engage in ongoing training and supervision within a therapeutic model of care

What we offer at MacKillop:

- More money in your pocket
salary sacrifice up to $18,550 per year, which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
- Wellbeing that matters
Free, confidential support for mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Sanctuary Organisation
MacKillop’s work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model, an evidence supported, whole of organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma, and to heal.
- First Nations career pathways
Warrungarli Strategy supporting recruitment, retention and professional development
- Community & connection – Opportunity to join Ngindaay Guumaldanha, our Aboriginal Staff Network

Requirements:

To be eligible for this role, you must possess:

- Have a Cert IV in Community Services, or Youth Work (or related) or higher or be willing to obtain.
- Valid and current Driver's License
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop)
- Valid Employee Working with Vulnerable People Check
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application)
- A first aid certificate with at least 6-months validity

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio‑economic status, and age.

It is our goal that we continue to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

We value the unique knowledge, perspectives, and cultural contributions of First Nations peoples.



Your experience and insights are important to us, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

For more information, please contact:

- Shortlisting for this role will immediately

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What we offer at MacKillop:

- More money in your pocket
salary sacrifice up to $18,550 per year, which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
- Wellbeing that matters
Free, confidential support for mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Sanctuary Organisation
MacKillop’s work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model, an evidence supported, whole of organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a protected environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma, and to heal.
- First Nations career pathways
Warrungarli Strategy supporting recruitment, retention and professional development
- Community & connection – Opportunity to join Ngindaay Guumaldanha, our Aboriginal Staff Network

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About Leidos Australia
At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services, and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.
Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission‑critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.
Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work. This includes:
• Flex Your Way - Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part‑time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters - Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits - Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact - Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future - Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More - These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.
About the Team
You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.
The Mission Software Solutions business delivers customised and off-the-shelf software solutions to Defence, Intelligence and other Government sectors. The business also builds capabilities that can be used for a wide range of applications in both traditional and non-traditional environments; providing leadership in the advancement of technological modernisation of complex enterprises within Government.
The Opportunity
As a Site Reliability Engineer within our AGO GEO SPACES program, you’ll play a key role in delivering and sustaining technology solutions that support critical national security outcomes. Working in a secure, highly regulated environment, you’ll help ensure the reliability, performance and resilience of mission-critical platforms while collaborating with engineering and operational teams to maintain exceptional service standards.
• Support the availability, capacity and reliability of complex production environments, applying software engineering principles to infrastructure and operational challenges.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 operational support, leading incident response activities, contributing to root cause analysis, and implementing preventative improvements that enhance system resilience.




• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting and logging capabilities, using meaningful service metrics, SLOs and SLIs to drive performance insights and continuous improvement.
• Enhance automation, infrastructure‑as‑code and CI/CD practices across the environment, partnering with development and platform teams to enable consistent, secure and reliable deployments.
About You
You are someone who enjoys solving complex operational challenges and takes a thoughtful, collaborative approach to improving system reliability. You bring a combination of infrastructure expertise, automation capability and a continuous improvement mindset, enabling you to contribute effectively within high‑availability environments supporting critical business outcomes.
Essential
• Experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer, Systems Engineer or in a comparable infrastructure‑focused role supporting production environments.
• Experience in Linux/UNIX administration, including troubleshooting, performance analysis and operational support within enterprise environments.
• Capability in developing automation using Python, Go, Bash or similar scripting languages to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Experience implementing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code and configuration management solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or Chef.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability practices, with the ability to use service metrics and operational data to improve reliability and performance.
• Experience supporting virtualised and/or cloud‑based environments, including technologies such as VMware, AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI or similar platforms.
• Ability to investigate complex incidents, contribute to root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Advantageous
• Experience supporting systems within Defence, National Security or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with fault‑tolerant, large‑scale production systems and high‑availability infrastructure architectures.
• Knowledge of secure systems administration practices, compliance requirements and operational governance frameworks.
• Exposure to DevOps, platform engineering or site reliability practices within mission‑critical environments.
Due to the nature of this role, you must be an Australian Citizen holding an active TSPV security clearance, with the ability to successfully obtain and maintain a DISA/OSA.
What to Expect When You Apply
Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate. If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage. You can expect:
• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel
• Any role‑specific assessment, technical discussion or customer step required for the position
We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.
Ready to explore what’s possible?
If this sounds like a role where you can make an impact and continue to grow, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply via the "Apply Now" button with your resume. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Ben George, Talent Acquisition.
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**About Leidos Australia**
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**Pay Range:**
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
**About Leidos**
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.
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