House Leader - Lower Hutt

Spectrum Care; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Care in Wellington, New Zealand, is seeking a House Leader to supervise a support team in a community home. You would work with the Service Coordinator to ensure efficient and effective service to people we support, enabling self-confidence and independence.

If you are committed to helping people live their lives of choice in their own communities, this role offers meaningful opportunities in a supportive team and active engagement with families and the community.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with disabilities and/or challenging behaviours.
• Reliability, commitment and passion for working with people.
• A driver's licence.
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Internet Explorer and email.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a support team to deliver consistent community home services.
• Coordinate with the Service Coordinator to plan and allocate resources.

Skills

Team leadership

Report writing

Roster management

General ledger exposure

Communication skills

English proficiency

Physical fitness for active role

Tools

Word

Internet Explorer

Email

Job description

Our House Leader role combines support work and engages, motivates a team of a support team in the home. Working and gaining guidance from your Service Coordinator you would be supervising to ensure and efficient and effective successful service to people we support in a community home.

If you're interested in supporting people to develop self-confidence and independence, and live their lives of choice, lives like any other, in their own communities, then

Skills & Experience

• Experience leading a team is greatly beneficial especially with the ability to coach and develop individuals
• Effective report writing skills
• Organising and allocating rosters
• Exposure to balancing general ledgers
• Ability to communicate effectively and supportively with the people you support,
• their families and your coordinator
• To be fit enough for an active role that engages anything between sports, community engagement, and recreational activities to personal cares
• Excellent, clear, understandable verbal and written English is a pre-requisite to be considered for this role

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience supporting people with disabilities and/or challenging behaviours
• Reliability, Commitment, and Passion for working with people
• A driver's licence
• The ability to use a computer effectively, including programs such as Word, Internet Explorer, and email

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, and been paid at least the care workforce wage rate during that time, 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.