Community Support Worker

1 week ago

Lower Hutt, New Zealand Spectrum Care Full time

**Community Support Worker - Residential**

Full Time - 40 hours per week

$23.38 - $29.10

Lower Hutt location

We currently have a role available with our children's respite house at Spectrum Care covering early mornings, after school, evenings and weekends. We have a full-time opportunity available. We're looking for team members to help kids and teenagers with intellectual disabilities to feel safe and have fun while staying at our respite house in Lower Hutt.

You will need to know how to liven things up, and calm things down, to notice how children are feeling, and to provide them with guidance, comfort or support as needed. You will need to be vigilant, warm, and creative. Additionally, as the children have a vast range of communication styles, an ability or interest in learning to find effective ways to communicate is very much preferred.

**Skills & Experience**
- Empathy for the challenges of trying to build an ordinary life while living with a disability
- Energy to keep up with someone who likes to be on the go a lot
- Ability to remain calm, and calming, in all situations
- Resilience to help people keep boundaries to ensure their safety
- Good at explaining and negotiating
- Ability to communicate effectively and supportively with family, colleagues and the person you support
- Ability and willingness to provide support and motivation with personal cares and daily living skills
- An interest in attaining a Community Support Worker Level Three or above qualification
- we can support you to achieve this while you work
- Experience supporting people with disabilities, and or mental health issues, and/or behaviours that can be challenging is desirable but not necessary
- Reliability, commitment, and passion for working with people
- The empathy and willingness to support children with their personal cares, such as bathing, dressing and toileting.
- Moderate level of fitness
- A full New Zealand driver's license (Essential)
- Able to pass a NZ police check
- Basic computer skills

**What you'll get from us**:

- A supportive and collaborative work environment
- Development opportunities and continuing education - we provide support to obtain NZQA Level 2, 3 and 4 Health and Wellbeing qualifications
- The opportunity to support people with disabilities to live great lives

If you are interested in supporting children and young people to develop self-confidence and independence, and live their lives of choice, lives like any other, in their own communities, then we want to hear from you today

Spectrum Care is proudly an equal opportunity employer.

**Job Details**:

- Reference #
- 37341
- Posted on
- 27 Jan 2025
- Closes on
- 27 Feb 2025 09:00
- Location(s)
- Lower Hutt
- 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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