Support Worker

Support Worker

Permanent Part Time Hours (2-week rotating roster)

Role 1 Split Shifts (7am-9am and 3pm-5.45pm): Week 1- Mon, Wed, Fri, Week 2 - Tue, Thur, Sat, Sun

Role 2 Split Shifts (7am-9am and 3pm-5.45pm): Week 1 - Tue, Thur, Sat, Sun. Week 2 - Mon, Wed, Fri

Role 3 Active role incl. Sleepover (7pm-7am): Week 1 - Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun. Week 2 - Tue, Thursday

Role 4 Active role incl. Sleepover (7pm-7am): Week 1 Tue, Thur. Week 2 - Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

Te mahi angitu - The opportunity

You will be supporting a client in their own home based in Swannanoa. You will be part of a small team responsible for all aspects of the clients personal cares including but not limited to Bowel, Bladder cares. Support staff will also be responsible for household management which will include housework and completing laundry. The client has a cat and a dog on the property, so staff will also need to be good with animals.

You will help empower this client to access their community, and achieve independence, inclusion, and quality of life after a spinal cord injury. Our client is seeking an exceptional team with the opportunity for a genuine and authentic connection to develop over time.

Ka whakahere mātau kī a koe - What we can offer you

• Pay rate of between $24.08 and $30.00 per hour depending on your qualifications and experience
• Full training and support
• Support for you to gain a qualification
• The opportunity to further develop your role within a caring profession
• A friendly team focussed work environment
• 2-week fixed roster
• Work that values you
• Staff Discounts
• Travel allowance and mileage

Ko wai koe - About you

• Able to communicate effectively
• Reliable
• Have a keen interest in helping others
• Be able to work in partnership with our clients
• Be able to maximise the independence of our clients whilst encouraging choice, initiation, and participation in activities
• Have the ability to demonstrate efficient time management and the ability to work autonomously and be part of a team
• Have a full drivers licence
• Willing to work within the mission, vision, and values of the organisation
• Previous experience of support work and working with people with disabilities would be advantageous

Mō tatou/About us

We are an independent, charitable organisation driven to help our clients achieve independence, inclusion, and quality of life after a brain injury. Through a full continuum of assessment, rehabilitation and support services delivered when and where they are needed, our highly skilled interdisciplinary team work with our clients and their families/whanau to develop individualised strategies that equip them to find new pathways through life.

We:

• Welcome Tangata Moana, Tangata Tiriti, Tangata Haumi and Mana Whenua
• Welcome people with a disability
• Welcome neurodiverse people
• Welcome people from the Rainbow community, have taken the Pride Pledge and are a member of the Safe Spaces Alliance
• Are carer friendly and accredited with CareWise
• Are breastfeeding friendly and accredited with CanBreastFeed

To view the position description please go to:*******@lfbit.co.nz

If you are interested in this opportunity we would love to hear from you.

Information :

• Company : Laura Fergusson Brain Injury Trust
• Position : Support Worker
• Location : Christchurch, South Island
• Country : NZ