Outside School Hours Care—Disability Support Worker 

Location: Kew
Vacancy Type: Casual (multiple positions)
Job Reference: 494794
Hourly Rate: $34.58 - $35.67 + Superannuation + Casual loading + NFP salary packaging benefits

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with disability and their families? Are you seeking a role that offers a fun environment, continuous support, and opportunities for personal and professional growth? Look no further!

At Yooralla, we invite you to embark on a journey where you can truly make a positive impact. Join our Outside School Hours Team working in a specialist school setting and become an integral part of our mission to support school-aged children and young people (aged 5-18) with disabilities in choosing the lives they want to live.

In this role, you will work collaboratively with Community Access Manager and Coordinator, team of DSWs, children and parents/primary carers to foster positive relationships in the community and create meaningful and engaging experiences to support children’s learning, achievement, engagement and wellbeing?

We have casual positions available working Monday to Friday 

• After School Care: 3.00pm - 6:00pm 
• School Holiday Programs Vacation Care:  9.30am-4:30pm 

3 reasons to join our OSHC team!

• Make meaningful connections and contribute to your local community. Enjoy rewarding work where you can give back to the community and support people with disability to achieve their life goals; and maybe even to achieve something they may not otherwise have done without your support…how good would that feel for everyone involved?
• You’ll have the support of other likeminded teammates and a large, established organisation and you’ll be part of something bigger, as we work together supporting our clients to achieve. We will give you all the support you need – including with safety, quality and compliance – because these are important to us, and they will need to be important to you too. You’ll undertake paid training and development, and there will be opportunities to develop and gain experience working with children to complement your studies and develop your career
• We offer a competitive hourly salary. You might get paid more than you think, and you can pick up additional shifts when they suit you! Plus, you have the option of generous salary packaging benefits to increase your take home pay and reduce your taxable income.

About you

We're looking for people who are passionate, have a great attitude and an eagerness to learn. To be successful in this role you'll share Yooralla’s values and have: 

• experience in the OSHC/early education or disability services sector.
• willingness to be committed to empowering children/young people to reach their goals, and to upholding quality and safeguards in your everyday work
• effective communication skills, and good English literacy to communicate well with our clients
• ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team
• willingness to support clients with personal care activities
• Willingness to obtain a First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma certificates if you don’t already have one.
• Child Protection Training / Mandatory Reporting
• Completed or willingness to complete IncludeED@OSHC learning frameworks/modules

Ready to make a Difference?

If this opportunity resonates with you, Click 'Apply Now' below, also, feel free to contact Julie Gray on 0408 445 534 or julie.r.gray@yooralla.com.au for more information.

Our Culture

At Yooralla, you’ll work at Victoria’s most established and recognised for purpose disability service provider with more than 100 years of experience offering high quality support services to people with disability. We work in partnership with children, their families and carers to enable them to live the lives they choose.  

We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. We strongly encourage people with disability, LGBTQIA+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands People to apply. 

Find out more about our work culture and what we do.

Yooralla has a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse.

Please visit our website www.yooralla.com.au to access a copy of the position description and to apply for this vacancy.

We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognize the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people with a disability to apply.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted, invited to an interview or an information session where you will learn more about the role you can play a part in making a positive impact on peoples’ lives.

Appointments are subject to one or more of the following forms of pre-employment safety screening such as Inherent Position Requirements Employee Declaration, Working with Children Check, Reference Checks. This role is only available to Australian Residents or to those who hold the right to work in Australia. Yooralla is an equal opportunity employer.