Community Support Worker - Aspirations

Spectrum Foundation; Waitakere Ranges; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Foundation – Waitakere, North Island, is seeking a Community Support Worker to help people with intellectual disabilities discover and pursue their dreams. You will support them to make friends, have fun, and connect with local communities while developing life and work skills for meaningful occupation.

You should be energetic, empathetic, and patient, with excellent English, and a full NZ driver’s licence.

Qualifications

• Empathy and interpersonal warmth essential for interacting with diverse individuals.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to engage with participants and teams.
• Must hold a full NZ driver’s licence.
• Ability to assess situations quickly and respond appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals to explore life, work, education, and community opportunities.
• Support participation in social and employment experiences, including open employment or social enterprises.
• Be a respectful, patient, and inclusive role model within the community.
• Help individuals develop life and work skills and connect with local communities.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Driver's license

Reading situations

Adaptability

Education

NZQCF level 4 or higher

Job description

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Spectrum Foundation – Waitakere, North Island

Spectrum Care Trusthas a vocationalsupport service in Auckland for people with intellectual disabilities. These people are young, vibrant and ready to find their place in the world, and your job will be to help them do that!

As a Community Support Worker you will take on tasks that are dynamic and will depend on the needs and dreams of each person. You will support people to find and follow those dreams; making friends, having fun, connecting and contributing to their local communities, continuing to grow personally, and to find work, education, and other meaningful occupation. A particular focus will be on assisting people to gain life and work experience, to develop skills which will help them into employment. This might be in open employment- ordinary jobs available locally, or supported self-employment via social enterprises and micro-enterprises. That's a big ask, so we need a really special team. Interested?

We are looking for people who are energetic and passionate. People with hobbies and interests and skills that they will enjoy sharing with others. It could be drama, music, art, dance, entrepreneurialism, the environment, horticulture, hospitality, sports or something completely different. We need people who are well connected to their communities and will help others connect to them too. You need to be a natural teacher, be observant and intuitive, genuinely respectful and appreciative of diversity, and be kind, fun and patient.

Do you want to:

• Have fun at work?
• Be empowering and be empowered?
• challenge and be challenged?
• To learn and teach?
• Work alongside a diverse group of people?
• Be creative in your thinking?

If you have:

• A willingness to learn
• The ability to read situations and respond quickly
• Empathy
• The ability to adapt to different situations i.e.going out to cafes and or facilitating skill based programs onsite or in community spaces also an opportunity's to expand and grow peoples aspirations
• A full NZ drivers licence
• Excellent, clear, understandable verbal and written English is a pre-requisite to be considered for this role

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, 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.

Then you are exactly what we are looking for!

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