Community Support Workers x 2 Full Time Permanent

Donaldson Residential Trust; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Donaldson Residential Trust in Christchurch, South Island, seeks two Community Support Persons for full-time permanent roles. You will support adults with intellectual disabilities in daily living, including personal cares, meals, household tasks, and documentation. Shifts include weekends across multiple houses; driver license is preferred.

This is a hands-on role requiring empathy, teamwork, reliability, and basic computer skills for notes. Prior community support experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be able to provide personal cares as part of daily living support.
• Show empathy toward people with disabilities and work in a team.
• Be flexible with shifts, including weekends.
• Basic computer skills for notes and reporting.
• CV should state if you have a full, clean NZ driver's license.
• Preference for applicants with community support work experience.

Responsibilities

• Support, educate, assist and encourage individuals with an intellectual disability.
• Meet day-to-day health needs of the people we support.
• Provide personal cares and assist with meals, cleaning and laundry.
• Maintain hygiene standards and a safe living environment.
• Plan and support goals, monitor programmes and take daily notes.
• Document medication dispensation and transport people safely when needed.

Skills

Empathy towards people with di s a b i

Teamwork

Flexibility

Basic computer skills

NZ driver's license (preferred)

Community support experience preferred

Job description

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Community Support Workers x 2 Full Time Permanent

Donaldson Residential Trust – Christchurch, South Island

Community Support Person X 2 - Full Time Permanent

About Us - Te Whakahaerenga The Donaldson Residential Trust provides a high quality home environment for adults with an intellectual disability in a comfortable residential setting. We have 5 houses in the Northwest area of Christchurch. We are looking for 2 enthusiastic careers to join our team.

About the jobs - Te mahi turanga Both are permanent, full time positions requiring shift work, including weekends.

One of the positions is based at one house and the other position is rostered across our five houses.

The positions involve a wide range of duties including personal cares, household duties, documentation, lifestyle activities.

The essential requirements are:

• Comfortable completing personal cares with the people we support
• Have empathy toward those with disabilities
• Be flexible in work habits
• Work well as part of a team
• Basic computer skills for notes and reporting
• We have a preference for applicants with experience in community support work.

In your CV, please state if you have a full, clean New Zealand drivers license, as this is essential for the role.

Job Description

The primary function and responsibility of the Residential Support employee is to support, educate, assist and encourage individuals with an intellectual disability in their daily living situation.

Meeting day to day health and needs of the people we support

Providing personal cares

Assist / preparation of meals, clean-up, washing, ironing, general household cleaning and maintaining a standard of hygiene and appearance, acceptable to Health and Safety regulations and Trust standards.

Maintaining a safe environment

Helping plan and achieve the goals of the people we support

Assist, assess and monitor individual's personal programmes, treatments, eating plans, exercises programmes etc as prescribed / directed by specialist/ Management/ medical personal.

Reading and writing daily notes for the people we support

Maintaining responsibility and documentation of dispensation of medication.

Transportation of the people we support in a safe and legal manner.

Responsible for household shopping as rostered.

To communicate in a professional manner with respect and dignity at all times.