Support Worker in Bowral

The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW is a leading provider of community support services, committed to supporting people experiencing disadvantage and working towards a more just and compassionate society.

SCHCADS Award: Hourly rates starting from $50.61

Casual role: A mixture of shifts offering great work-life flexibility.

Rewarding role: Work directly with young people, helping them feel safe, supported and empowered to build brighter futures.

Generous tax-free salary packaging: Boost your take-home pay with not-for-profit benefits.

Career development: Genuine opportunities to grow through learning, training and internal career pathways.

Your Role: As a Support Worker at Bowral Youth Refuge, you will play a pivotal role in assisting young people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. You'll be directly involved in helping these young people regain stability, build resilience, and pave the way to independence. You'll work closely with a dedicated team of Case Workers, supporting the development and implementation of individual care plans.

Your Responsibility:

• Build positive, respectful and professional relationships with young people while maintaining clear boundaries.
• Provide trauma-informed, strengths-based and person-centred support.
• Support young people with complex needs, including experiences of trauma, mental health challenges and substance use.
• Help young people develop independent living and life skills through activities, programs and everyday interactions.
• Work alongside Case Workers to support young people in achieving their goals.
• Provide practical assistance, advocacy and information to help young people navigate their circumstances.
• Assist with the intake and assessment of new clients.
• Create and maintain a safe, welcoming residential environment.
• Complete accurate case notes and client documentation.
• Respond confidently to incidents, risks and emergency situations.
• Support the day-to-day operation of the refuge, including activities and programs.

You Will Need:

• Experience working with children and young people, ideally in homelessness, youth services or residential care.
• Knowledge of child protection, mandatory reporting and safeguarding.
• A strong understanding of trauma-informed and strengths-based practice.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• The ability to remain calm and make sound decisions in challenging situations.
• A compassionate, respectful and non-judgemental approach.
• Drivers Licence & Current First Aid Certificate.
• Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain.

This role operates across a rotating roster, including day, evening and sleepover shifts. Flexibility and availability to work evening and sleepover shifts is highly regarded.

Evening & sleepover shifts: 5:00pm to 11:00pm, followed by a sleepover and 7:00am to 9:00am the following morning.

Weekdays and weekends: Availability across both weekdays and weekends is advantageous.

Day shifts: Standard day shifts are 8:45am to 5:15pm.

Friday nights: Availability on Friday nights is highly advantageous.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages.

If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.