House Leader - Residential - Auckland

Spectrum Care; West Auckland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent care provider in New Zealand seeks a House Leader for a full-time role. The candidate will engage and supervise a support team, providing essential services to adults with disabilities. Key qualifications include experience in team leadership and effective communication skills. A relevant qualification and a driver's licence are required. Join us to make a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with disabilities and/or challenging behaviours.
• Reliability, commitment, and passion for working with people.
• Must hold a driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a support team to ensure effective service delivery.
• Engage and motivate team members in a community home setting.

Skills

Team leadership

Effective report writing

Organizing rosters

Communication skills

Physical fitness for active role

Clear English communication

Education

Relevant qualification

Tools

Word

Internet Explorer

Email

Job description

Position: House Leader (Full Time, 40 hours per week)

Full Time - 40 hours per week

$23.50 - $29.10 + House Leader Allowance

Otahuhu, South Auckland location

Looking for someone who is experienced with challenging behaviours!

We have more than 100 worksites and support options across the whole Auckland region. In our residential service, we provide services for adults with intellectual and or physical disabilities within our homes and out in their community. We provide 24 hour support which consists rotating roster Monday through to Sunday.

Our House Leader role combines support work and engages, motivates a team of a support team in the home. Working and gaining guidance from your Service Coordinator you would be supervising to ensure an efficient and effective successful service to people we support in a community home.

If you're interested in supporting people to develop self-confidence and independence, and live their lives of choice, lives like any other, in their own communities, then we want to hear from you today!

Skills & Experience

• Experience leading a team is greatly beneficial especially with the ability to coach and develop individuals
• Effective report writing skills
• Organising and allocating rosters
• Exposure to balancing general ledgers
• Ability to communicate effectively and supportively with the people you support,
• their families and your coordinator
• To be fit enough for an active role that engages anything between sports, community engagement, and recreational activities to personal cares
• Excellent, clear, understandable verbal and written English is a pre-requisite to be considered for this role

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Experience supporting people with disabilities and/or challenging behaviours
• Reliability, Commitment, and Passion for working with people
• A driver's licence
• A relevant qualification
• The ability to use a computer effectively, including programs such as Word, Internet Explorer, and email

Requirements

If you are a non-resident applying for this role you must meet the following INZ Level 3 skill requirements to be considered:

• Have worked in the care workforce for 3 years or more, and been paid at least the care workforce wage rate during that time, or
• A relevant qualification on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF) — this must be at least a level 4 qualification for a role at skill level 3, or a diploma for a role at skill level 2.

Apply Now if you have a passion for working with people and want to make a difference!

Spectrum Care is proudly an equal opportunity employer.