[ref. d54036620] Christchurch - Support Worker

Part Time

60 hours per fortnight

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

Working a mix of AM (7am-3pm) and Pm (3pm-11pm) shifts across a 4 week rotating roster weekend work is required,

Te mahi angitu - The opportunity

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

• 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.

• Pay rate between $24.08 and $30.00 depending on qualifications and experience
• The opportunity to further develop your role within a caring profession
• A friendly team focused work environment
• Work that values you
• Staff Discounts
• Easy access to free on-road parking

• 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

Mo tatou/About us

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 Tangata Moana, Tangata Tiriti, Tangata Haumi and Mana Whenua
• Welcome people with a disability
• Welcome neurodiverse people
• 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.

To view a copy of the position description go: https://careers.lfbit.co.nz