Althea Projects - your Employer Of Choice

Are you motivated and committed to:

  • providing quality care and support
  • your ongoing professional development
  • having a rewarding career
  • working within a dynamic and healthy team

Yes, then we may have the job for you.

Althea Projects strives to provide a workplace culture that is free from discrimination and embraces and enhances employee wellbeing.

We provide our employees with a comprehensive Employee Benefits Package which includes:

  • Flexible Modes of Employment
    • full-time
    • part-time
    • casual and
    • job share opportunities
  • Work-life balance
    • Flexible working arrangements (where possible)
    • Up to 6 free confidential counselling sessions for employees and their immediate family
    • Cultural leave
  • Rewards
    • Competitive salary packages
    • Salary Sacrifice arrangements (up to an additional $15,600 tax free)
    • 5 Weeks Annual Leave
    • Birthday Leave
  • Ongoing professional development and support
    • Support and Supervision
    • Access to training
    • Access to Conferences and networking events
    • Individual development planning
    • Robust quality management system, providing guidance in practice and systems
    • Clearly defined positions and key performance indicators
    • Inductions and orientation programs

At Althea Projects, we believe that by creating a healthy and happy workplace we become an employer of choice, improve staff morale and increase staff performance.

Various Opportunities at Althea Projects

At Althea Projects we have a range of positions across the organisation that requires different and diverse skills, qualifications and level of experience. For example: administration, community work, direct care, family support, fostering support, finance, HR, quality assurance and cultural positions.

General Application

If there are no specific positions advertised on our website, you are welcome to register your resume with our office by pressing the buttons that appear below. You will be required to complete a short application form and have the opportunity to provide us with your details, including your resume. Click here to get in touch with us.

Information Collection & Privacy

When applying for a position at Althea Projects any information we collect from you as part of your application process is for the purpose of assessing your suitability for employment with us. In the event you are offered, and accept employment with us, this information will go on to form your staff file. In the event your application is not successful, unless you request your information not be retained, your information will be kept for 12 months with the purpose being for considering your suitability for alternative employment opportunities with us. After 12 months your information will be destroyed. Individuals are entitled under Australian privacy law to access, and seek correction, of personal information held about them.  Click to read our full Privacy Statement

Current Vacancies

Chef Morehead Meals

As a Morehead Meals Chef, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the values, aims and objectives of Morehead Meals are incorporated into daily work practices.
• Plan weekly menus, transforming rescued ingredients into delicious Morehead Meals.
• Ensuring daily lunches are prepared for the Community Hub.
• Manage and order the weekly supplies to compliment donated items, managing food costs and budgeting and recommending measures to control costs.
• Collecting donated products from across the Townsville area.
• Maintaining timeliness in food preparation and presentation.
• Ensuring all food and catering is prepared, cooked and served in accordance with legislation.
• Be responsible for the food hygiene and safety of the kitchen.
• Clean kitchen area at the end of Hub’s daily lunch, maintaining the hygiene of the kitchen as per the safety standards.
• Maintaining refrigerators (clean, stocked and leftovers utilised to avoid waste.
• Ensuring all kitchen administration requirements are met. E.g. Temperature charts, product quality checks, cleaning schedules.

• Ensuring all workplace health and safety requirements are met.
• Work closely with the Centre Coordinator to facilitate the menu planning, storage and distribution of Morehead Meals.
• Work cooperatively as a team member within the broader context of the Community Hub and Althea projects.
• Act in accordance with our mission and values at all times.
• Actively contribute to maintaining a culture which values health, safety and wellbeing.
• Any other duties as reasonably required and which fall within the scope of this level

Foster and Kinship Case Worke

• Providing case management services of allocated carers, including development and maintenance of carer support plans, case noting all matters, assist carers with the health needs of children in their care, including coordinating referrals for complex health needs, NDIS, medical appointments, and approvals, attending all key stakeholder meetings, assisting with children’s casework planning.
• Maintain carer and child files on database, ensuring compliance requirements are met and files are kept current.
• Attend handover meetings and coordinate the induction program for new carers.
• Monitor foster and kinship care placements to ensure the standards of care are being met and following established policies and procedures for raising and reporting concerns.
• Working within the Queensland Government licensing and compliance requirements.
• Work as a positive member of the care team through problem solving and managing day to day emergencies as they arise, including coordinating discussions and arrangements relating to children (i.e., school changes/emergency transport).
• Respond promptly to crises and emergencies, offering guidance and assistance to foster and kinship carers to manage challenging behaviours, emotional issues, and other disruptions that may arise.
• Coordinate respite care arrangements for children within your carer caseload as needed.
• Facilitate regulatory training for all carers within their first 12 months as required.

• Carry out monthly home visits for all carers and document these as required.
• Participate in the recruitment and assessment of foster carers and assist with matching referrals to carers.
• Participate actively within the team including team meetings, planning days and training as well as supporting team members as needed.
• Involvement in agency and industry events, including at times out of hours.
• Participate in the 24/7 on call phone support roster and determine escalation pathways to the Department and to Manager on Call for serious and critical incidents.
• Ensure compliance with the Child Safety Protection Act and HSQF standards.
• Act in accordance with our mission and values at all times.
• Actively contribute to maintaining a culture which values health, safety and wellbeing.
• Any other duties as reasonably required and which fall within the scope of this level.

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