As Safe Places is a youth residential service, applicants with experience working within a residential setting are preferred however we are also open to applicants with several years’ experience working with challenging behaviours such as verbal and physical aggression, 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 is be a Level 4 Diploma (Within a Relevant Industry Discipline).    

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 young people (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 aim to achieve an average of 38 hours a week, which will usually see a breakdown of 5 x 24 hours shifts a fortnight. This is averaged over an 84 day period. This means over the 12 week (84 days) you would expect to see an average of 38 hours worked a week.  

There are support shifts required in some houses, which will be dependent on the needs of the young people and the house routines. These support shifts can range from anything up to 12 hours.

Whilst we aim to provide all staff with an average of 5 x 24 hours shifts a fortnight, to meet their 38 hours a week requirement, due to the needs of the young people and models of care it may be necessary to complete shorter shifts.

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 is offering employment opportunities for persons able to obtain a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand visa). The subclass 482 visa requires Safe Places to sponsor the applicant and this visa does have some conditions regarding qualification levels and relevant experience.

Currently, the subclass 482 visa requires applicants to hold a minimum of a level 4 qualification that matches the industry standard, as well as a minimum of 1 year relevant experience.

An eligibility assessment is conducted by the Safe Places Immigration Agent to ensure applicants meet these requirements, prior to any visa submissions taking place. This visa also covers family members you are wishing to travel to Australia with.

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

Safe Places will also reimburse you for any of your immediate family members flights to the total value of AUD $2500, per family member.

This will be reimbursed over 2 separate payments being 50% of the cost shortly after your arrival into Australia and the remaining 50% upon successful completion of 1-year employment.

Immediate family members are defined as one spouse and any non-adult children.

You will need to complete various forms as part of this employment opportunity with Safe Places in Australia

Subclass 482 Visa granted and a copy of the Visa granted provided to the International Recruitment coordinator.

The Employment Agreement that has been issued and signed a complete return copy of this to the International Recruitment Coordinator, this requires the witness signature to be included within the Employment Agreement.

You have been issued with an Accommodation and Motor Vehicle Agreement Letter, this needs to be reviewed and signed and returned to the International Recruitment Coordinator.

Each state has different requirements, which are listed on the state-specific forms we have put together called the (STATE) Documentation Requirements Process. These need to be completed and outcomes obtained prior to booking flights. The below relates to the state-specific requirements for Queensland and Western Australia

Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand visa)  has various costs associated for both the applicant and Safe Places: $3,115 AUD (approx. £1,574) AUD for the applicant, $3,115 AUD for every accompanying adult and $780 AUD per child (approx. £394).

You can apply to bring your family members (spouse/partner and children) with you at the same time. Alternatively, you have the option to apply for their Subclass 482 (subsequent entrant visa) if they wish to join you in a later stage.

All visa applications where Safe Places is the sponsor are processed through a company called SIRVA which is based within Australia. SIRVA will provide you (the applicant) with a professional service to help you obtain your Skills in Demand visa and any associated visas for your family. Therefore, there will be a professional service fee that will need to be paid directly to SIRVA by the applicant as part of using the service. At present, the professional fee with SIRVA is approx. £480.00.

All people going to Australia are required to cover the cost of their visa application as well as other potential associated costs such as but not limited to a potential medical check, health checks, international police checks, blue card fees, biometrics, skills assessment, English language tests and a professional service fee.

A copy of the granted visa needs to be provided to the UK co-ordinator or delegated international recruitment team member. This information will be collected within Vevo consent form and needs to be provided prior to the booking of any flights.