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Community Support Worker

1 month ago

Wellington City, New Zealand Spectrum Care Full time

**Fixed term - Full time (40hrs)**

**$22.70-$28.25 per hour**

**Area: Lower Hutt**

**Do you want**:

- To have fun at work?
- Be empowering and be empowered?
- To challenge and be challenged?
- To learn and to teach?
- Work alongside a diverse group of people?
- To be creative in your thinking?

**If you have**:

- A willingness to learn
- The ability to read situations and respond quickly
- Empathy
- Patience
- An open mind
- The ability to adapt to different situations i.e. going out to cafes and reviewing them in the morning and facilitating a literacy workshop in the afternoons
- A drivers licence

Spectrum Care Trust supports adults who have intellectual disabilities and we are looking for a new team member in Lower Hutt. This role is based in Boulcott, Lower Hutt.

We're looking for someone kind and empathic to support 4 young people in their 20's, some of whom have limited mobility when out and about.

You will assist during activities, household tasks and hopefully bring ideas of your own for things they may enjoy doing and experiencing. They are busy bees with high energy. We'll need someone who can keep up and engage them in music, swimming and sensory delights. Someone who is great at interaction
- using your expressions and voice to 'connect'. Support is needed with personal cares and eating.

If that's new to you, don't worry; everyone has to start somewhere. The main thing is that you are a kind, genuine person, who is insightful and intuitive, and ready to be lively and active or gentle and soothing as needed.

So if you're interested, follow the link and apply

**Attributes & Skills**
- Committed to supporting people with disabilities to live great lives
- Empathic, intuitive, kind, positive and engaging
- Keen to help young adults grow and develop
- Able to communicate effectively and attentively with your colleagues and the people you support
- Ready to "go with the flow" and change activities quickly if necessary
- Comfortable with reporting and administration tasks
- Prepared to support people with personal cares such as toileting, bathing, dressing, etc
- A full New Zealand driver's licence

**Spectrum Care** is proudly an equal opportunity employer.

**Job Details**:

- Reference #- 30712- Posted on- 31 Jul 2023- Closes on- 01 Oct 2023 23:55- Location(s)- Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa, Porirua School, Porirua-Tawa, Kapiti Coast, Wellington City, Wellington SHP, Island Bay- Expertise- Community Support Worker- Work type(s)- Full-time (40 hours)- Hours per week- Availability- All shifts, Day shifts, Afternoon shifts, Evening shifts, Overnight shifts, Saturday and Sunday shifts- CSW Practical Responsibilities List

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