Support Workers Whangārei

Kia ora, we are after support workers in the wider Whangārei area, particularly people who can work weekends and are confident to drive long distances e.g. 45 minutes at a time.

What does a Support Worker do? Our support workers are caring people with a commitment to providing the best possible support to our clients. Each client will have individual care requirements and you will support them with all elements of daily living such as personal care, food preparation, mobility or bowel/urinary continence care and ensure medication needs are met. You may also help our clients to participate in the community, undertake shopping for them or help them to take part in their hobbies.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a full/restricted driver's license.
• Be available to work weekends (at least one day)
• Genuinely love working with people who need support and seeing them thrive.
• Be intuitive and responsive to people's feelings and needs.
• Be open to working alongside families to create a good life for the client.

What the role offers:

• Ongoing development opportunities. We support you to achieve NZQA Health and Wellbeing qualifications.
• A meaningful, life changing career with opportunities to make a real difference to people's lives.
• A fun vibrant workplace where every day is genuinely different.
• Choose your roster. Part and full-time work available
• Opportunity to pick up additional hours.

Pay Steps (Hourly)

• Level 0 $23.38 (No health and wellbeing equivalent qualifications)
• Level 2 $24.78 (For holders of level 2 health and wellbeing qualification or equivalent)
• Level 3 $26.94 (For holders of level 3 health and wellbeing qualification or equivalent)
• Level 4 $29.10 (For holders of level 3 health and wellbeing qualification or equivalent)

Pay equivalency can be checked on Te Whatu Ora's website under the page "Pay Equity and Qualification Equivalencies"

Help make every day a better day as a support worker with Access Community Health

Apply now!