Careers

• Monthly rostered day off (RDO)
• Generous Employee Benefits- Access to salary packaging, Fitness Passport + More!

At Life Without Barriers, we’re all about creating safe, supportive environments where children and young people can thrive. Every day, we work closely with families, carers, and communities to help shape brighter futures.

From supporting children and families to empowering people with disability, mental health, or those seeking refuge — we’re here to break down barriers and build better lives.

Join us to discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around!

                    Employment Type:  Permanent Full time

                    Location:  Tamworth

The purpose of the MST-CAN Crisis Caseworker is to assist therapists in obtaining clinical outcomes with families, maintaining safety, teaching parenting and other skills, collecting drug screens, and responding to emergencies.

MST (Multisystemic Therapy) is an empirically based and internationally proven treatment model developed through more than 30 years of applied research.

Our MST program is designed specifically for young people and focuses on changing the factors linked to anti-social and offending behaviour across individual, family, peer, school/vocational, and community systems.

Learn more about Life Without Barriers services for Children, Young People & Families here: https://www.lwb.org.au/services/child-youth-and-family/

Role requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Childhood Education or a related subject area.
• Demonstrated experience working with families in a community-based setting
• Demonstrated experience applying Behavioural Therapy to target behavioural change in children at home and school.
• Demonstrated experience implementing interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behaviour of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighbourhood).

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and NSW Working with Children Check

How to Apply:

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact Emma Kennedy via recruitment@lwb.org.au

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.

Applications close at midnight, Sunday 22^nd March 2025

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.