House Leader - Lower Hutt

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

Job summary

Spectrum Care is seeking a House Leader to combine support work with supervising a home-based team, ensuring high‑quality services under the guidance of the Service Coordinator. You’ll help people develop confidence and independence and support them to live life in their own communities.

The ideal candidate will have leadership experience, reliability, and a passion for working with people, plus a driver’s licence and good computer skills (Word, internet, email).

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in care settings.
• Reliable, committed and passionate about working with people.
• Driver's licence.
• Proficient with Word, Internet Explorer and email.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support a home-based care team to deliver consistent services.
• Coordinate with the Service Coordinator to plan activities and ensure the best outcomes for people supported.

Skills

Team leadership

Report writing

Roster management

Bookkeeping

Communication

Activity support

English proficiency

Tools

Word

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 we want to hear from you today!

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.