Intensive Support and Response Worker - Part Time - Christchurch
OUR PURPOSE | ARONGA
Brackenridge is proud to offer mana-enhancing support across the Canterbury region. We are a registered charity that offers accommodation and daily living support to children, young people and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, and complex support requirements in Canterbury.We advocate for the rights and prosperity of all of the people we support, along with their families and whanau.
Whether it’s planning tailored communication, positive behaviour approaches, learning life skills, participating in community activities, or gaining employment, we strive to support people to achieve the goals they seek. We walk alongside people (and their whanau) enabling and empowering them to live their good life as determined by them.
Our mana- enhancing and empowering approach is about tailoring supports to meet the aspirations of each person. Brackenridge isn’t a “destination”. We are an organisation that walks alongside people in ways and for as long as the person and family feel needed.We use evidence-based outcome focused approaches to ensure our practice is designed to support people to live the life they choose. We believe the best relationships are formed when people’s rights, strengths, abilities and beliefs are upheld and acknowledged.
We understand that all people should have choice and control over their own lives, support should be easy to use and available in a way that enhances the mana of the person, and that Brackenridge aims to make it easier for disabled people and their whanau to build strong relationships with the local community.
OUR VALUES | UARA
Person Centred - Responsive to the person; individualised services and support that recognise the uniqueness of every person.Passion and Commitment - Creating and maintaining a high-performance culture, where people are passionate about what they do.
Partnership - Working successfully together with others, in particular families while valuing each other’s contribution.
Pride in what we do - A culture of continuous improvement is in place – proud to be part of the Brackenridge Team.
ABOUT THE ROLE | TE MAHI TURANGA
The Intensive Support and Response Team (ISRT) was established in August 2021 as a team of staff that worked across identified homes within the organisation that supported Rangatahi/Youth with Oranga Tamariki funding. It soon expanded into the Adult services, and ISRT visited 25 homes within the organisation.
The key to the success of the ISRT was staff building trusting relationships with both staff and the people we support in a supportive and preventative manner as well as responding to incidents.
What we discovered over time was that staff were contacting ISRT early, and the rate and severity of incidents significantly reduced.
Staff also identified that ISRT provided coaching, mentoring and debriefing to staff and people we support that was helpful on an on-going basis.
We are pleased to announce that ISRT is going to continue.
We are after four part time staff members to join the team.
We are seeking experienced members of staff that have understanding and confidence working with high and complex needs, have confidence in themselves to work unsupervised, can be able to coach, mentor, and support staff and people we support, as well as having a high degree of ability in computer skills and data collection.This is a leadership role where you can really make a difference.
Empathy, flexibility, and openness to think innovatively and act quickly and with a strong client focus is highly desirable as is the ability to influence others through effective communication and technical skills.
This position would best suit someone with high energy, enthusiasm, and resilience, who shares our passion to enable the best life that is possible for the children and young people we support.
The nature of this work can be highly challenging.
You will need to be available to work on a full-time roster inclusive of weekends, nights and evenings and Public Holidays.
Training in all aspects of the position will be given.
Nga pukenga, nga tohu ou - What you will need
You must have a full, clean and current New Zealand driver’s licence.Must be flexible to work 24/7 on a rotating roster.
Level 3 New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing, or a recognized equivalent qualification.
Commitment to engage and complete the organisational training requirements.
Basic computer skills for notes and reports.
Awareness of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its relevance to the support of Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Eligibility to work in New Zealand.
Brackenridge requires all employees to be Fully Vaccinated AND BOOSTED against Covid-19.
All new applicants are required to undergo background checking as per the requirements of the Children's Act 2014.
If you would like to submit your expression of interest, hit the 'apply' button or visit our website https://www.brackenridge.org.nz/