Support Worker

Overview

Pay rate between $24.00 and $30.00 dependant on qualifications and experience

Te mahi angitu - The opportunity

Based at their residential home in Burnside Christchurch, you will help empower our kiritaki / clients to achieve independence, inclusion and quality of life after a brain injury.

You will work as part of a team, where no two days are the same.

You will have the opportunity to positively impact people's lives while making a difference.

Mau - You will

Work in partnership with kiritaki applying coaching skills to maximise independence, encourage choice, initiation, and participation in activity, adhering at all times to the values of the organisation and active support principles

Provide assistance with personal support (daily cares) and other daily living tasks this will involve all aspects of personal cares, including hoisting, bowel cares, and administering medications are per LFBIT policy

Training also provided to support high needs cares such as PEG / PEJ and tracheostomy cares

Ka whakahere matau ki a koe – What we can offer you

Pay rate between $24.08 and $30.00 depending on qualifications and experience

The opportunity to further develop your skills within a caring profession

A friendly team focused work environment

Work that values you

Staff Discounts

Easy access to free on-road parking

Ko wai koe - About you

Able to communicate effectively both written and verbal

Able to coach effectively and motivate others

Excellent interpersonal skills

Accepts change, adapts to new environments, and can compromise

Have a keen interest in helping others

Be able to work in partnership with our kiritaki

Be able to maximise the independence of our kiritaki whilst encouraging choice, initiation, and participation in activities

Have the ability to demonstrate efficient time management and the ability to work autonomously and be part of a team

Willing to work within the mission, vision, and values of the organisation

We are an independent, charitable organisation driven to help our kiritaki achieve independence, inclusion, and quality of life after a brain injury.

Through a full continuum of assessment, rehabilitation and support services delivered when and where they're needed, our highly skilled interdisciplinary teamwork with our kiritaki and their families / whanau to develop individualised strategies that equip them to find new pathways through life.

We :

Welcome people with a disability

Welcome people from the Rainbow community, have taken the Pride Pledge and are a member of the Safe Spaces Alliance

Are carer friendly and accredited with CareWise

Are breastfeeding friendly and accredited with CanBreastFeed

If you have the requisite qualifications and experience, are honest, reliable, and professional, with a caring nature and a passion for helping people, we would love to hear from you.

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