Carer Ambassador. Casual - Victoria (Remote)

At Life Without Barriers, we deliver inclusive, trauma-informed services that support children, young people, families, and carers to thrive.

From foster care, family support, residential care and youth programs, we work alongside communities to create safe, supportive environments where every child and young person can reach their potential.

As a Carer Ambassador, you'll play an important role in raising awareness of foster care within your local community and encouraging more people to explore becoming foster carers with Life Without Barriers.

As one of the first points of contact for prospective carers, you'll create a warm, welcoming, and positive first impression of Life Without Barriers and our approach to foster care. Through genuine conversations and community engagement, you'll help potential carers reflect on what fostering involves, encouraging thoughtful consideration of how the role may impact their lives, families, and relationships. Your support will empower people to make informed decisions about whether fostering is the right journey for them.

• • Identify, with the local care team, key community groups or networks that match our carer target group
  • Promote our services to various community clubs and groups by conducting presentations or developing relationships. This would include contacting people in our targeted recruitment group which could be through local high schools, sporting groups, hospitals, disability services and community networks.
  • Seek opportunities to partner with local groups, businesses and councils in your area.

• A minimum of 2 years fostering experience and 1 year with LWB
• Exceptional fostering reputation
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining good community connections
• Additional time to commit to the role outside of commitment to children and young people in your care.
• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals, families or groups from strengths based culturally appropriate perspective
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to work as part of a team
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes.
• Current Drivers Licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and any relevant stated based checks. 

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For general role enquiries contact zina.campbell@lwb.org.au. Please note we do not accept applications to this email.

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.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

Advertised: 06 Jul 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 26 Jul 2026 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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