A minimum 1 years’ full-time experience working with challenging behaviours such as verbal and physical aggression preferably in a residential setting, within the last 5 years.

A Degree Level Qualification in Social Work, Youth Work or a Degree in a Relevant Subject Field would be desirable, but essentially the Minimum Qualification Requirement would be a Level 4 Diploma (Within a Relevant Subject Field).

Able to obtain the necessary International Police Check and any associated Area Police Check’s & Statutory State Check Requirements for the specific state that you will be employed within Australia. Able to obtain the required VISA requirements before entry into Australia and to have the right to work for Safe Places for Children in Australia.

This is a shift-based role as with any residential care provider, it is based on supporting the needs of the YP.

Shifts within Australia are predominately based on working for a period of 24 hours. This will be broken down into a period of 16 hours and 1 sleepover (8 hours).

The standard rostering will usually see a breakdown of 5 x 24 hours shifts a fortnight, which is averaged over an 84 day period. This means over the 12 week (84 days) you would expect to see an average of 5 shifts worked per fortnight. There are however support shifts required in some houses, which will be dependant on the needs of the young people and the house routines. These support shifts can range from anything up to 12 hours.

Additional shifts may also be available at times, where there are options to cash some of these hours in for extra wages or they may also be used to supplement a reduced shift requirement in the following weeks (time off in leu).

Safe Places Australia will book and pay for the flight to Australia once all documentation has been returned and all stages of the International Recruitment process has been completed by the applicant.

Yes, you will be required to get a new sim for your phone. You will have some form of identification when getting this from a store in Australia, they will usually accept your passport. The phone sim can only be purchased when you enter Australia. We recommend that you should do this as soon as you get to Australia as your current phone provider will not work or will charge you excessive monies.

You will need to complete various forms as part of the employment opportunity with Safe Places Australia these include but not limited to just your Visa.

Each state has different requirements, which are listed on the state specific forms we have put together called the (STATE) Documentation Requirements Process.

These process forms will outline some of the mandatory state specific forms in addition to the standard forms we require.

We recommend that you complete these forms prior to coming to the training, as this will reduce potential delays.

You will be asked to complete a Health Declaration Form, Authority to Transfer Personal Information Form and provide copies of your Identification Forms and relevant Qualification.

There might be other documents that you will be asked for, but the international recruitment co-ordinator will be in contact based on each individual circumstances.