Intensive Reintegration Facilitator

12 Month Contract with potential to extend
- Opportunity to make a difference in your community
- Work alongside a supportive, passionate team

**Who are we| Ko wai mātou**

NZCare and Geneva Community Living have come together to form NZCommunity Living, an organisation dedicated to supporting people with disabilities in New Zealand. Our Disability Support Services reflect our belief that all New Zealanders deserve to live fully, have equal opportunities, and achieve their ambitions.

Our values of respect support and excellence are central to everything we do at NZCommunity Living. They shape and drive our behaviour along with our relationships with colleagues, partners, stakeholders and of course the people we support and their whānau.

You can be part of our team to enable people with a disability to live a life of choice, freedom and independence. NZCommunity Living provides a diverse range of support services for people with disability and their whānau. Join us and discover a rewarding and fulfilling role that can make a difference in someone's life and lead to a lifelong career.

We are committed to ensuring our services are delivered to Maori in a manner that recognises and respects Maori values and beliefs. As an organisation we recognise our obligation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and acknowledge Maori as tangata whenua who have unique values, social structures and worldviews.

We work with a range of partners in local and central Government, public and private sector agencies, and community groups to advise on delivering effective and efficient disability support now and in the future.

**About the role | He kōrero whakamārama mō tēnei tūranga**

We have an exciting opportunity for an Intensive Reintegration Facilitator to join the Whanganui team part-time (20 hours per week) on a short term 12-month contract. There may be a potential to extend.

As an Intensive Reintegration Facilitator, you will work alongside clients to plan their reintegration into the community following release from prison. You will be responsible for coordination referrals, allocation work and overseeing risk.

You will take lead in developing and maintaining key stakeholder relationships in the region as well as actively supporting people to reintegrate successfully back into the community by facilitating access to appropriate resources.

**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Develop appropriate plans in relation to client assessment, goals and outcomes
- Be responsible for ensuring client referral, assessment, planning, risk identification and relation management are followed and accurately documented in a timely manner
- Attend the prison to meet the client prior to release, gain consent and preform a strength-based assessment.
- Work in partnership with external services/agencies
- Engage and connect with the client, their family and their community

**What you will bring | Ngā tohungatanga mō tēnei tūranga**
- Experience in a service delivery or operations role, preferably within health/disability or community services sectors
- Financial and budget management experience
- A passion and expertise for working collaboratively and developing skills in others
- Sound judgement and high level of integrity
- Relevant qualification or level 3 or 4 qualifications
- Full clean driver's license

**Why Us | He aha ai mātou?**

All applicants must be a NZ Resident/Citizen or have a valid NZ work permit to be considered, along with a willingness to undergo Police Vetting and additional Vulnerable Children Safety checking.