Support Worker

1 week ago


Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Access Community Health Full time

Access Community Health stands as a leading provider of home-based healthcare and support in New Zealand. We are a 4,000 person-strong team in an organisation which has been at the forefront of community health since the 1920s. Our nurses and Kaiāwhina | Support Workers provide services to more than 20,000 people. And we listen to each one of them, because we genuinely care. 'A better day, every day'

Each Tangata will have high risk individual care requirements, and you will support them with all elements of daily living such as:

  1. Palliative cares
  2. Dementia
  3. Mental health
  4. Medication

Mōhou Ake | About You

  1. Level 3 and level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate (recognised in NZ)
  2. Spinal injury experience
  3. Use of full, standing and two-person hoist
  4. Experience administering prescribed medication
  5. Understand and respect for the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and bi-cultural approach
  6. Full/restricted driver's license
  7. Be available to work every second weekend
  8. Be willing to start work at 7am
  9. Provide flexibility to sleepover or wakeover

$1.00 per hour extra in your pay for weekend work

Our Kaiāwhina Skills Framework training takes place during your first two – four weeks of employment and is a mixture of practical training, online self-directed learning, and working with a buddy trainer.

Gain qualifications which are competency based and Industry recognised through our partners Careerforce, subsidised by us.

Level 3 $26.94 (For holders of level 3 health and wellbeing qualification or equivalent)

Level 4 $29.10 (For holders of level 4 health and wellbeing qualification or equivalent)

Pay equivalency can be checked on Te Whatu Ora's website under the page 'Pay Equity and Qualification Equivalencies'.

Access Community Health | Uru Ātea has a mission to create a better day, every day for thousands of people throughout Aotearoa to live independently in their own homes and communities. Access | Uru Ātea is more than just our name, Uru Ātea means 'to enter space' and is our promise to deliver services in our client's space, wherever that may be.

How do your skills match this job?

We meet you, wherever you are. Our 3,500-strong team of nurses, support workers and health professionals support people throughout Aotearoa New Zealand with the same dedication and compassion that inspired our founders nearly 100 years ago.

Today, more than 36,000 people trust Access for quality home care services, nursing services, disability support, serious injury support. We would love to have you as part of our community.

Support Workers are welcomed into essential skills with our paid induction program and hands-on buddying, giving you the chance to enroll in a recognised vocational qualification in health and wellbeing through Te Pūkenga/Careerforce.

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