Support Worker / Life Facilitator
Visa sponsorship
Community Services · Tauranga, New Zealand · Contract · $25 - $30/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
In Tauranga, New Zealand, a disability support service is recruiting a Support Worker / Life Facilitator for the 24/7 team around a client with tetraplegia, a highly motivated person who likes to stay active and has full-time commitments. The role goes well beyond caregiving: you help shape the client's day with personal cares, activities and companionship, and you drive and accompany them so that work and family obligations are met, sometimes with travel.
This is a contract position of around 35 hours a week or more, spread across about 2 to 4 rostered shifts, either days (7 am to 5 pm) or nights (5 pm to 7 am, with a sleepover), plus 2 weekend shifts a month. The employer is accredited and holds job tokens that can sponsor work visas.
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Key Responsibilities
- Assist the client with personal cares, everyday activities and companionship
- Share the 24/7 support roster with the client's team, covering a mix of AM and PM shifts
- Drive and accompany the client so work and family commitments are met
- Follow the care plan and the job description
- Help keep the client's surroundings comfortable and engaging
- Take part in coordinating the 24/7 roster with colleagues
Requirements & Eligibility
- Studying towards an NZQA health and wellbeing qualification at Level 3 or higher
- A sound understanding of 24/7 roster coordination, and hands-on training experience with a care plan and job description
- Professional, honest, trustworthy and dependable
- Good communication skills, and able to adapt as needs change
- Initiative, common sense and a positive attitude
- A driver licence, and a high level of English
- Strong availability, including afternoons, evenings, sleepovers and 2 weekend shifts a month
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