Part-time
Waipukurau
Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Description:

Support Worker, Part-time – Waipukurau

$23.65 to $28.25 per hour, (depending on experience) + phone allowance.

This is a part-time role working 20 hours per fortnight. The hours will include weekdays and weekends,

Community Service & Development – Age and Disability Support; Support diversity & inclusion.
Opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives by supporting them to live their best life.

Develop your skills with ongoing professional development internally and externally.
Utilise your experience and knowledge as a Support Worker to enable the person you will be supporting to live in their own home and connect with their community.

About the role

We are looking for a team player who can work in a self-managing team, that provides empowerment through wellbeing. In this dynamic team you can grow and utilize your strengths and abilities.

The successful candidate must be observant and adapt the way they interact with others. They must have a sense of humour and a positive outlook, as well as being a Mana enhancing mentor.

An upbeat, cheerful and optimistic personality is vital, as the successful candidate will be supporting a variety of people living independently in the community or transitioning into a flatting life.

Attributes we are looking for

The successful applicant must have

strongly aligns with the organisation’s values
an understanding of Te Ao Maori and tikanga
a calm disposition
a sense of humour
proficient in English

Duties of the role

Support the individual to achieve their personal plans.
Strengthen and develop the individual’s networks in the community.

Engage with the individual to check that the support being offered is meeting expectations and enhancing their life.

Support the individual with personal hygiene and well-being.
Promote an environment that encourages the individual to feel safe and comfortable.

Encourage the individual to grow and increase their independence by supporting them to learn skills for daily living and to make decisions and choices.

Generate daily support notes, incident reports, and daily handover notes to your co-workers.
Collaborate with other support staff by attending staff meetings, coaching, keeping each other informed about the individual being supported, and sharing ideas with your team members.

Skills and experience

Experience in supporting people with an intellectual disability and high and complex needs
Experience in working as part of a residential team
Resilience and can-do attitude
Experience with personal care
Qualification in Health and Wellbeing or similar OR two years experience
Computer literacy
Valid driver’s license essential

Benefits

Four weeks of annual leave
Employee Assistance Program
Cell-phone allowance
Collaborative working environment
Weekend rate
Mentoring for NZQA certificates
Mana Waiora

About Community Connections

We are a community-based disability support provider that operates across much of the North Island. Our Vision is of an inclusive New Zealand where people with disabilities are embraced as fully participating citizens, where barriers to inclusion are removed, and where all people are respected and valued for who they are.

We believe that people with disabilities can and should live the life they choose, on their own terms and within the community of their choice.

Community Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunities employer, and we love diversity in what we do and whom we employ. We are committed to Te Tiriti O Waitangi, the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the NZ Disability strategy. We encourage people with lived experience of disability, mental health, Maori, Pasifika, people from other backgrounds and/or from LGBTQIA+ community to apply.

How to apply

Click APPLY or for a confidential discussion contact Brenda Ericson at brenda.ericson@connections.org.nz

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Do you have a spouse or partner or relative or other household member working in Community Connections or elsewhere in the disability sector?

What type of work are you seeking?

Under the provisions of the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004, you do not have to disclose details of criminal convictions if you meet all of the following criteria: No convictions within last 7 years AND You have never been sentenced to a custodial sentence AND You have never been ordered by a court, following a criminal case, to be detained in a hospital due to a mental condition AND You have no convictions for ‘specified offences’ under the Act AND You have never been indefinitely disqualified from driving.

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Further information relevant to potential employment may be sought at any subsequent interview. All successful applicants will be required to complete Police vetting.

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Do you currently or have you within the past 6 months received any treatment for a physical injury?

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If yes to the above question please give details including what support you may need to fulfill the requirements of this role. (optional)

Do you have or have you ever had a medical condition or an experience of a mental health condition which might be affected by the requirements of this position or prevent you from carrying out the responsibilities of this position?

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If you are offered this position you may be requested to undertake a base-line medical examination to assess your health in relation to the tasks you may be undertaking during the course of your employment.

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I hereby acknowledge that subsequent to the Privacy Act 1993 I am providing personal information to Community Connections which may or may not be publicly available information, for the purposes of assessment for my prospective employment with Community Connections. I declare that the answers I have given to the Criminal & Traffic Offences questions are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if Community Connections employs me and it is found that the information I have provided is untrue or misleading, I may face disciplinary action, which may result in the termination of my employment. I am aware that the intended recipients of this information are the Human Resources Department, the Management of Community Connections, the supervisors of the position for which I am applying and anyone else I may authorise disclosure to from time to time. I further confirm that the information I have provided as part of my application (including but not limited to the answers to the questions in this application, answers given at the interview and in my CV) is accurate, up to date, complete, relevant and not misleading. I understand that if the information I have provided is found to be misleading at any stage or that if any material fact is suppressed I may not be employed or that it would be grounds for Community Connections to dismiss me if I am employed (such conduct would be considered serious misconduct). I also understand that any false information given in section 5, the health portion of this form, may result in my loss of entitlement for any work related insurance compensation under the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2001.

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