Support Worker Fixed Term and Relief Employment Register

About our Team

Children, Youth, and Families (CYF) provide integrated programs that support all children, young people, and their families in Tasmania. The Child Safety Service (CSS) is integral to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people who are at risk or in crisis in Tasmania.

We provide support to children, young persons, and families, with the aim to enable children to grow up in a safe and supportive environment, including providing transport and supervision of client access visits.

We are looking for:

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, to succeed long term in this role you should possess the following skills and attributes:

• Genuine motivation and passion to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in Child Safety.
• Strong emotional intelligence, resilience, non-judgemental, empathy, and perseverance.
• Good written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, including ability to manage conflicts, de-escalate and problem solve
• Ability to work within an environment subject to work pressures and changes
• Ability to operate within and adhere to legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Align to our workplace values; Kind, Connected, Committed, Respectful

DECYP will from time to time require the services of employees for specified fixed-term and relief basis in a number of skill areas and disciplines. Such appointments fill a valuable role in complementing the existing permanent workforce. The register is not a vacancy and inclusion on the register does not guarantee employment. 

Please refer to the Statement of Duties for ALL the selection criteria of this position. Please address the Selection Criteria in your application.

Role

Statement of Duties
(SoD)
(Word)

Statement of Duties
(SoD)
(PDF)

Support Worker

SoD (DOCX)

SoD (PDF)

Essential requirements

• Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP) with a registration Status – Employment

NOTE: The cost associated with obtaining a RWVP is the responsibility of the individual.

• Current Driver's licence
• The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

1. crimes of violence
2. sex related offences
3. serious drug offences
4. crimes involving dishonesty
5. serious traffic offences

2. Identification check

3. Disciplinary actions in previous employment check.

For essential and desirable requirements and classifications related to specific roles, please refer to relevant statement of duties. Please refer to the salary scales for specific classifications.

How to apply

Applicants wishing to be registered for employment need to register online via the Apply Now button. For further guidance on how to apply, please refer to our Information for Applicants and Applicant Guide for Employment Registers.

Before commencing employment with DECYP, please ensure you familiarise yourself with our standards of conduct and clearly defined behavioural expectations that apply while working in a role, and in situations where there