Resource Worker Family Homes

7 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Make a difference for tamariki, rangatahi and whānau.
- Join a supportive team working to awhi dedicated live-in caregivers to change the lives of tamariki and rangatahi.
- Use your life experience to mentor others, and to be a positive role model.
- Hourly rate of $24.67 per hour.

About Us
Our tamariki and rangatahi deserve to feel safe, have their voices heard and be supported by loving whānau. At Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children, we're on a journey to ensure that it happens. We are a leading social work practice that is child-centred, trauma informed and effective for all cultures.

What's in it for you | Nōu te rourou
- A work life balance.
- A close-knit team who love to work together.
- Supportive working environment.
- Training opportunities, including First-Aid Certification, Trust-Based Relational Intervention, Trauma, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Management of Actual or Potential Aggression (MAPA).
- Flexible working hours.

About the role | Mō te tūnga
The work you do will vary depending on the needs at the time but could include the following:

- Significant part of the role is home cleaning and domestic work, supporting live-in caregivers to maintain a clean and safe living environment for tamariki and rangatahi.
- Assisting with transport for tamariki to education, therapy, or health appointments as required.
- Supporting live-in caregivers with day to day running of the household, this may include running errands or grocery shopping.
- Supporting the home with establishing routines and enabling tamariki to settle into their new surroundings. Tamariki can be infants right up to adolescents.
- Predominantly weekday work, with some flexibility to support occasional weekend shifts when live-in caregivers are accessing respite.

What you will bring | Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu
- Empathy, patience and ability to see through behaviours, to acknowledge what someone might be struggling with.
- Experience working with tamariki and/or youth with varied needs.
- A clean, current, full driver's license; and confidence driving a van.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt to your audience.
- Flexibility in working different hours and days at short notice.
- Open and adaptable to an environment that is always changing.
- Have a calm and professional manner.
- Excellent listening, oral, written and observation skills.
- Understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural practices, in particular, knowledge of tikanga Māori, and Pasifika culture.

If you are interested in any of our vacancies, please ensure that you make yourself familiar with our code of conduct as it sets out our expectations for our kaimahi and requires you to present at work free from the influences of both drugs and alcohol.

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