Senior Youth Worker - Complex Care

Senior Youth Worker

• Full time - Permanent - SCHADS Level 4
• Join a highly engaged, professional, and collaborative team
• Generous NFP salary packaging available (up to $15,900/annum)

We are Key Assets Australia

Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007. We provide foster care & family services. Operating across all states, the ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you!

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.

A little about the role
As a Senior Youth Worker, you will make a positive and lasting difference to children and young people through the provision of quality care in a family setting whilst working within the parameters of the Key Assets Practice Framework. The Senior Youth Worker with the support of the Case Manager and Team/Program Manager and will lead the Youth Worker team around the young person to implement therapeutic interventions.

As a Senior Youth Worker, you will:

• Observe and implement Child Protection and Child Safe Procedures, Better Care Better Services Standards and adhere to Safer Caring Guidelines
• Provide direct care to individuals on a rostered basis, including overnight support, assisting in meeting their social, emotional, educational/vocational, health, recreational and cultural needs whilst achieving their independent living goals
• Contribute to the assessment of need, in consultation with the key care team, and the development of individual therapeutic/goal plans for young people
• Work closely with the Case Worker and therapy team to ensure fully integrated service delivery.
• Lead in developing a positive team culture, including contributing to the learning of colleagues and continuous improvement.
• Complete required documentation, reports, and administrative tasks in a timely and accurate manner

The base salary for this position is $88,090.08 - $94,788.72 per annum + super + salary packaging options up to $15,900 per annum. This position is a Full-time permanent role.

About you

To be successful in this role, you’ll come with:

• Training/ qualifications in youth or social work or community services.
• At least 3 years' experience working directly with children/ young people in the OOHC sector.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of trauma informed therapeutic care to assist in deescalating and responding to critical incidents with the young person.
• Knowledge of Child Protection practice, the impact of trauma, National Standards for Disability Services, OOHC (Out of Home Care) and the Disability Sector.
• Excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and an ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

My Key Assets

The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.

• Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us!
• Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance and gym memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks of annual leave after 2 years’ continuous service with us!
• Professional Development: digital eLearning and face to face training, your continual professional development is always top of our priority list. You’ll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities!
• Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year!

The fine print

• Applications close: 14 June 2026 at 5pm WST
• For further information, please contact Sharna Nadebaum, Acting Operations Manager – sharna.nadebaum@keyassets.org.au or 0448 761 648
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a 395 Dept of Communities Check and hold (or be willing to obtain) a valid Working with Children Check.
• Full Australian driver’s licence and travel within the region/state required.

If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you. Click Apply today!

Note for our recruiter network - we’re handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.

Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion.
Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

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