Advanced Support Worker - Palmerston North

Access Community Health; Palmerston North; On-site; NZD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Laptop provided

Phone provided

Professional development

Job summary

Access Community Health in Palmerston North is seeking an Advanced Support Worker to help deliver disability, home-based and community support services across the Central Region. This role focuses on person-centred care that supports individuals to live independently in their own homes.

You will champion Enabling Good Lives principles, liaise with tāngata and whānau, and provide on-the-job guidance to less experienced staff while coordinating flexible funding streams.

Qualifications

• Two years’ experience delivering disability, home-based or community support services.
• Good understanding of disability and Enabling Good Lives principles.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office.
• Must have a full New Zealand driver’s license.

Skills

Disability care

Enabling Good Lives

Team collaboration

Interpersonal skills

NZ driver license

Microsoft Office

Communication

Home-based care

Education

Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Advanced Support Worker - Palmerston North

Access Community Health – Palmerston North, North Island

Ko wai mātou? | Who are we?

Access Community Health/Uru Ātea stands as a leading provider of home-based healthcare and support in New Zealand. We are a 4,000 person-strong team in an organisation that has been at the forefront of community health since the 1920s. Our nurses and support workers help more than 20,000 people live well in their own homes and communities. And we listen to each one of them, because we genuinely care, 'A better day, every day'. He kōrero

whakamārama mō tēnei tūranga | About the role

As an Advanced Support Worker at Access Community Health, you will be part of an exciting shift in how our support is delivered across the Central Region. This newly created role gives you the opportunity to work closely with our team, tāngata and whānau to support the delivery of flexible funding workstreams and person-directed services.

In this role, you will champion Enabling Good Lives principles in everyday service delivery and support the growth of Individualised Funding across the region. You will liaise with tāngata, whānau, colleagues and partner agencies to ensure support is well communicated, coordinated and centred on what matters most to the person.

You will also work alongside tangata with more complex support needs and carry out tasks, for which you will have received training and competency verification. You will also provide leadership, on-the-job guidance and just-in-time support to less experienced staff, helping to develop and strengthen our support workers in practising whakamana tāngata and enabling good lives.

Ngā tohungatanga mō tēnei tūranga | About you

• Good understanding of disability and Enabling Good Lives principles
• Genuinely and reliably committed to working with others to achieve great support outcomes
• At least two years’ experience delivering disability, home-based or community support services.
• Positive, can-do attitude and excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., Palliative Care, Home-Based Nursing, Support Worker Coordination).
• Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate (or equivalent experience)
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office suite.
• Must have a full New Zealand driver's license.

He aha tatou i whiriwhiri ai | Why Us?

• This role will make a real difference to both tāngata and our staff.
• Phone, laptop, assigned company vehicle for commute and work purposes.
• A positive, inclusive, and productive working environment where you will be supported to grow
• Access to learning and professional development opportunities
• Strong value based and supportive culture - we care about the work we do
• We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging reflecting the many communities we serve
• We collaborate on every level, and we help each other build skills in doing the right thing

Access Community Health l Uru Àtea has a mission to create a better day, every day for thousands of people throughout Aotearoa to live independently in their own homes and communities. Access | Uru Ātea is more than just our name, Uru Ātea means "to enter space" and is our promise to deliver services in our client's space, wherever that may be