Support Worker - Mangawhai / Waipu

Access Community Health Support workers | Kaiawhina help build strong, trusting relationships with tangata and their whanau

Ko wai matou?

| Who are we?

Access Community Health l Uru Atea stands as a leading provider of home-based healthcare and disability support in New Zealand.

We are a 4,000-person-strong team in an organisation which has been at the forefront of community health since the

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Our nurses and Kaiawhina | Support Workers provide services to more than 40,000 people.

And we listen to each one of them, because we genuinely care.

'A better day, every day'

He korero whakamarama mo tenei turanga | About the role Each Tangata will have individual care requirements, and you will support them with all elements of daily living.

No qualifications or prior experience are required, as we provide comprehensive training to ensure all Kaiawhina I Support Workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need.

Whakangungu l Training Paid training!

Our Kaiawhina Skills Framework training takes place during your first two – four weeks of employment and is a mixture of practical training, online self-directed learning, and working with a buddy trainer.

We cover the basics of support including :

Infection prevention control

Moving and Handling

Medication management

Practical tasks including personal cares, compression therapy, meal preparation etc.

Policies and procedures

Mohou Ake | About You

Genuinely love working with people who need support and seeing them thrive

Be intuitive and responsive to people's feelings and needs

Own a smartphone

The right to work in New Zealand

Full / restricted driver's licence

Be available to work every second weekend

Must be willing to drive on gravel roads

He aha ai matou?

| Why Us?

Flexible hours, weekends, mornings, evenings

$1.00 per hour extra in your pay for weekend work!

Access is leading the way, we see Kaiawhina | Support Work as a professional career path and we have built a career path framework to nurture your profession

Exclusive Spark Mobile Plan : Get endless data (40GB at max speed, then reduced), unlimited NZ / AU calls & texts, hotspot access, and voicemail for just $

Access Community Health l Uru Atea has a mission to create a better day, every day for thousands of people throughout Aotearoa to live independently in their own homes and communities.

Access l Uru Atea is more than just our name, Uru Atea means "to enter space" and is our promise to deliver services in our client's space, wherever that may be.

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