Community Support Workers

Part-time hours available (work includes sleepover and weekend hours).

CCS Disability Action's vision is to see every disabled person / whanau haua interwoven into the lives of their whanau and community.

CCS Disability Action is the largest pan-disability support and advocacy organisation in New Zealand.

We have been working with disabled people / whanau haua and their families since 1935 and are at the forefront of service provision, advocacy and information sharing New Zealand-wide.

We are looking for Community Support Workers to work with disabled children and young people we support in Whangarei, both in the community and at our Children's Respite House Te Whare Taonga.

The support that you will be required to provide will vary.

Some of the work will be physical.

Why Us?

We have a positive workplace culture that values employee wellbeing and work-life balance.

As such, we have a range of initiatives to foster a positive work environment and support our employees.

These include :

A friendly and values-based environment where you can make a positive impact.

Receive access to our Employee Assistance Programme - providing free and confidential counselling and support.

Access our employee benefits programme and a paid day of wellness leave each year.

About you :

We would love to hear from you if :

You have a passion for enabling others to lead good lives.

Flexibility in the hours you can work.

You have a clean full driver's license.

A minimum of 1 year's experience working alongside Children and Youth would be an advantage for our respite service.

Experience providing one-to-one support in the community is preferred but not essential.

You have a Health Care Assistant Qualification or a Level 2 or 3 equivalent, or experience working in the Disability sector, or a willingness to undertake training.

CCS Disability Action builds our work around three core documents : the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the NZ Disability Strategy.

We work within a Human Rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

This position offers you flexibility in how you manage the role, and we openly encourage people with lived experience of disability to apply.

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