Advanced Support Worker - Timaru

Access Community Health; Timaru; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Positive working environment

Professional development opportunities

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Job summary

Access Community Health invites applications for an Advanced Support Worker in New Zealand. You will work with care coordination and community nurse teams, performing non-complex client evaluations and delivering complex care under indirect supervision from the supervising clinician.

You will take on a leadership role, offering on-the-job and just-in-time training to less experienced workers and helping to develop the SW workforce within a multidisciplinary team environment including Palliative

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to learn behaviour management is preferred.
• Proven ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams including nursing and care coordination.
• Must have a NZ driver's licence (full or restricted).
• Level 3 or 4 Health and Wellbeing qualification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Conduct non-complex client evaluations under supervision.
• Provide complex client care and carry out advanced tasks after training.
• Provide on-the-job and just-in-time training to less experienced staff.
• Support the care coordination and community nurse teams.

Skills

Positive attitude

Behaviour management

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Team collaboration

NZ driver's license

Leadership training

Training & coaching

Education

Health & Wellbeing Certificate (Level 3/4)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Deliver complex client care, provide leadership and on the job training

15th October, 2026

Kowaimātou? | Who are we?

Access Community Health 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 which has been at the forefront of community health since the 1920s. Our nurses and support workers provide services to more than 20,000 people. And we listen to each one of them, because we genuinely care, 'A better day, every day'.

He kōrerowhakamāramamōtēnei tūranga| About the role

As an Advanced Support Worker at Access Community Health/Uru Ātea, you will work closely with the care coordinationandcommunity nurse teams, with indirect supervision from the supervising clinician. The role involves conducting non-complex client evaluations, as directed by the local Care Coordinator Team Leader.

You will also provide complex client care and carry out advanced tasks, for which you will have received training and competency verification from your clinical line manager. Additionally, you will take on a leadership role, offering on-the-job and just-in-time training to less experienced support workers, helping to develop and strengthen the SW workforce.

Ngātohungatangamōtēneitūranga| About you

• Experience in behaviour management is a preferred though not mandatory
• Career force Assessor Qualification is notrequiredbutadvantageous
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel (training provided).
• Able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., Palliative Care, Home-Based Nursing, Support Worker Coordination).
• Must have a full or restricted New Zealand driver's license.
• Level 3 or 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate (or equivalent)
• At least 12 months’ proven experience in a Support Worker role

15th October, 2026

Kowaimātou? | Who are we?

Access Community Health 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 which has been at the forefront of community health since the 1920s. Our nurses and support workers provide services to more than 20,000 people. And we listen to each one of them, because we genuinely care, 'A better day, every day'.

He kōrerowhakamāramamōtēnei tūranga| About the role

As an Advanced Support Worker at Access Community Health/Uru Ātea, you will work closely with the care coordinationandcommunity nurse teams, with indirect supervision from the supervising clinician. The role involves conducting non-complex client evaluations, as directed by the local Care Coordinator Team Leader.

You will also provide complex client care and carry out advanced tasks, for which you will have received training and competency verification from your clinical line manager. Additionally, you will take on a leadership role, offering on-the-job and just-in-time training to less experienced support workers, helping to develop and strengthen the SW workforce.

Ngātohungatangamōtēneitūranga| About you

• Positive, can-do attitude
• Experience in behaviour management is a preferred though not mandatory
• Career force Assessor Qualification is notrequiredbutadvantageous
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel (training provided).
• Able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., Palliative Care, Home-Based Nursing, Support Worker Coordination).
• Must have a full or restricted New Zealand driver's license.
• Level 3 or 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate (or equivalent)
• At least 12 months’ proven experience in a Support Worker role

He aha tatouiwhiriwhiri ai | Why Us?

• 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 UruÀteahas 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