Qualified Support Worker - Hamilton

Access; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Access caregivers are sought to support clients in their own homes, delivering safe, respectful, person-centered care tailored to individual needs and cultural values. The role includes high-risk care requirements across daily living tasks, medication, and mobility support, with structured induction and ongoing training provided.

The position is 35 hours per week, with a pay rate of $30.27 per hour, reflecting NZ market norms for skilled support workers and opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate is required (NZ recognised).
• Minimum 18 months' proven experience in the Support Worker role.
• Spinal injury experience is required.
• Experience managing autonomic dysreflexia is required.
• Experience administering prescribed medication.
• Experience using full, standing, and two-person hoists.
• Ability to use written support plans appropriately.
• Understand and respect Te Tiriti o Waitangi with a bi-cultural approach.
• Full driver's license is required.
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt approach to each person.
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, respectful, person-centered support in people’s homes, including respecting what matters to them, their culture, values, beliefs, routines and boundaries.
• You’ll be supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.

Skills

Medication administration

Autonomic dysreflexia management

Spinal injury experience

Te Tiriti o Waitangi understanding

Cultural safety

Written support plans

Education

Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate

Tools

Hoist operation

Job description

Support workers |Kaiāwhinamake a meaningful, positive impact on clients' quality of life every day in the clients' own homes

03rd September, 2026

He kōrero whakamārama mō tēnei tūranga | About the role
Each Tangata will have high risk individual care requirements, and you will support them with all elements of daily living such as:

• Palliative Cares
• Bowel Cares
• Dementia
• Mental Health
• Medication

03rd September, 2026

He kōrero whakamārama mō tēnei tūranga | About the role
Each Tangata will have high risk individual care requirements, and you will support them with all elements of daily living such as:

• Palliative Cares
• Bowel Cares
• Dementia
• Mental Health
• Medication

You will provide safe, respectful, personcenteredsupport in people’s homes, including being mindful of what matters to them, their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.You’llbe supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.
This role is 35 hours per week, $30.27 per hour.

MōhouAke | About You

The following skills and experience may be required depending on the specific client needs you are matched to.

• Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Certificate required (recognised in NZ)
• Minimum 18 months' proven experience in the Support Worker role
• Spinal injury experience required
• Experience in managing autonomic dysreflexia required
• Experience administering prescribed medication
• Experience in the use of full, standing, and two-person hoist
• The ability to use written support plans appropriately
• Understand and respect for the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and bi-cultural approach
• Full driver's license
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters to each person
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds

Our work is grounded in Kaitiakitanga, Kotahitanga,TūTikaand Manaakitanga — caring for our communities, working together, doing the right thing, and looking after each other
Some client needs require Support Workers who hold a Level 4 Health and Wellbeing qualification to ensure safe andappropriate care. We supportequitablerecruitment by recognising transferable experience and, whereappropriate, providing training pathways to build andmaintainLevel 4 capability. Support Workers are matched to client needs based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Access Community Health | Uru Ātea’s mission is to create a better day, every day for thousands of people throughout Aotearoa, helping them live independently in their own homes and communities. Uru Ātea means “to enter space”—our promise to deliver services wherever our clients need us.