Residential Support Worker jobs

Why should you start your career with Life Without Barriers as a Residential Support Worker?

There is no greater honour, no bigger privilege than partnering with children, young people, and families to positively impact their lives. At Life Without Barriers, we believe that supporting children, young people and families involved with, or at risk of being involved with, the child protection system takes passion, strength, expertise, commitment, and a relentless desire to help them grow, learn, heal, and thrive.

Life Without Barriers can offer you a wealth of opportunities. In fact, we have had Operations Managers, Program Managers, Child and Family Practitioners and Case Managers who kicked off their careers with LWB as Residential Support Workers. Not only this, but a Residential Support Worker role can also be the ideal role for people who are studying and wanting to put theory into practice, or who are seeking to achieve better work/life balance all while making a difference at the same time. Residential Support work is truly what you make of it!

About the Role

We are currently expanding our Residential Youth Support Worker team and are recruiting in the Greater Hobart Area. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to make a genuine difference in the lives of children and young people.

We are seeking Casual Residential Youth Support Workers to work across our 24/7 residential services, with shifts available across days, nights, weekends and sleepovers. We also Permanent Part-Time positions available on a 4-week rotating roster, averaging 66 active working hours per fortnight, plus sleepover shifts.

Permanent Part-Time roster:

• Average 66 active hours per fortnight, plus sleepover shifts
• Day shifts: 8:00am – 5:00pm
• Night shifts: 4:45pm – 8:15am
• Sleepover: 10:00pm – 6:00am

You will spend most of your time in the home supporting children and young people with their daily routines, participating in recreational and community activities, and helping them develop the skills and confidence to thrive in a safe, nurturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day to day care, supervision and transport to children and young people
• Actively participate in activities and increase competencies of young people
• Form and maintain professional, nurturing relationships
• Develop, implement and monitor individual plans
• Actively support the child/young person to develop and maintain social skills
• Maintenance of progress notes and report writing

Skills & Experience

• Certificate 4 in Community Services, Youth Work, Mental Health, or similar is preferred
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate, or willingness to complete prior to commencement
• A current unrestricted Australian Driver Licence
• Ability to work various shifts (sleepover & active nights) throughout the week
• Prior knowledge and/or experience working with children or young people

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Vulnerable People check

Benefits

• Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Flexible working hours

How to Apply

For any enquiries, contact recruitment@lwb.org.au with the subject heading “RSW – Hobart”. Please note that we do not accept applicants to this email address, they must be submitted online.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight 19th July 2026.

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Additional Support

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.