Rapid Relief Support Worker - Dunedin

Access Community Health; Dunedin; Sur place; NZD 42 000 - 58 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

Access Community Health seeks a Rapid Response Support Worker to provide in-home care, adapting to a variety of needs and settings. You’ll support clients in their homes with daily living activities, including palliative and complex care, while respecting culture and personal routines.

Role includes weekend relief shifts and opportunities for ongoing training and career development within a community-focused organisation.

Qualifications

• Hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Health & Wellbeing qualification or have equivalent, relevant experience
• Experience administering prescribed medication
• Experience using a full, standing and two-person hoist
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person

Responsabilités

• Provide safe, respectful, person-centred support in clients' homes.
• Assist with daily living tasks across varied care needs (palliative, bowel care, dementia, mental health, medication).
• Work weekend relief shifts to support communities.
• Uphold cultural safety and respect for diverse backgrounds.

Connaissances

Level 3 health & wellbeing experience

Level 4 health & wellbeing experience

Medication administration

Hoist operation experience

Caregiving / disability support

Cultural safety

Smartphone proficient

Right to work in NZ

Full/restricted driver's license

Spinal injury experience

Formation

Level 3 Health & Wellbeing qualification

Level 4 Health & Wellbeing qualification

Outils

Hoist equipment

Description du poste

A varied and fast-paced role involves supporting a wide range of care needs. Enjoy flexibility, with shifts that align the hours you've indicated.

As a Rapid Response Support Worker, you'll step in where you're needed most - providing essential care and support to people in their own homes. This is a varied and fast-paced role that will see you working across different situations and care needs.

You'll work weekend relief shifts, all while supporting people in your community to live their best lives. If you're reliable, compassionate, and confident in your skills, this is your opportunity to be part of something meaningful.

You will provide safe, respectful, and person-centred support in people's homes, being mindful of what matters to them, including their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.

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

Some client needs require Support Workers who hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Health and Wellbeing qualification to ensure safe and appropriate care. We support equitable recruitment by recognising transferable experience and, where appropriate, providing training pathways to build and maintain Level 3-4 capability. Support Workers are matched to client needs based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Whakangungu | Training

We provide practical and online training during the first few weeks of employment. With the added bonus of year-round training with regular refreshers and new modules to keep skills up to date. You'll be supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.

Mōhou Ake | About You

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

• Hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Health and Wellbeing qualification or have equivalent, relevant experience
• Spinal injury experience
• Stoma Management experience
• Experienced in the use of a full, standing and two-person hoist
• Experience administering prescribed medication
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person
• Have experience in or exposure to caregiving, disability support, aged care, community work, or other people-facing roles
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds
• Love working with people and helping them thrive
• Intuitive and responsive to people's needs
• Own a smartphone
• Have the right to work in New Zealand
• Full/restricted driver's license

He aha ai mātou? | Why Us?

• A clear career pathway for Kaiāwhina | Support Workers
• Exclusive Spark Mobile Plan: Endless data (40GB at max speed), unlimited NZ/AU calls & texts, hotspot access, voicemail for just $24.15/month
• Our work is grounded in Kaitiakitanga, Kotahitanga, Tū Tika and Manaakitanga - caring for our communities, working together, doing the right thing, and looking after each other.

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.