Description
Provides services and support to people seeking assistance in a refuge.
Skill Level
3
Alternative Titles
NULL
Specializations
NULL
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Group: 4234 Special Care Workers
Description
provide care and supervision for children and young people in residential and institutional facilities, and provide care and support to people in refuges.
Tasks
- planning and implementing programs of supervision and care for children and young people in residential care
- supervising and arranging activities to enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children and young people in residential care
- waking children and young people and ensuring they are washed, dressed, fed and ready for educational and recreational activities
- supervising children and young people during domestic activities such as eating meals and showering
- maintaining discipline, enforcing regulations and behaviour standards, compiling disciplinary reports and assisting in implementing remedial measures
- organising refuge accommodation
- providing emotional support to residents of refuges
- referring residents of refuges for health and welfare assistance
- ensuring security of refuge
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.