Allied Support Worker: Community Care & Admin

Oranga Tamariki; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 68,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Professional development

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Oranga Tamariki in New Zealand seeks Allied Support Workers to provide non-regulated, on-site support for frontline Social Work teams. You will assist with home visits, admin tasks, and transporting tamariki and rangatahi, enabling Social Workers to focus on statutory requirements.

The role emphasises trust, emotional resilience, and reliability, with weekend and after-hours work as needed. A full NZ driver's licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in the community assisting or supporting people in need.
• Experience with Māori and/or Pasifika cultures.
• Experience dealing with emotional situations and being empathic to people's challenges and stresses.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work in collaborative peer and other stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Providing support across a site on an on-demand basis based on the day-to-day operating needs of the team.
• Assisting social workers to enter case notes and other information into the case management system CYRAS and other information systems.
• Safely transporting tamariki and rangatahi from one location to another such as appointments, school and sports.
• Helping social workers in the set up and administrative tasks of Family Group Conferences (FGC).
• Supporting and assisting social workers in the care of tamariki and rangatahi on occasions when out of school or waiting for placements.
• Making necessary administrative arrangements for tamariki in placement and/or programme transition.
• Supporting tamariki and rangatahi at school through settling in or returning after periods away.
• Conducting supervised access/visitations by driving clients, supervising contact and writing up contact notes.

Job description

Oranga Tamariki in New Zealand seeks Allied Support Workers to provide non-regulated, on-site support for frontline Social Work teams. You will assist with home visits, admin tasks, and transporting tamariki and rangatahi, enabling Social Workers to focus on statutory requirements.

The role emphasises trust, emotional resilience, and reliability, with weekend and after-hours work as needed. A full NZ driver's licence is essential.