Support Worker - Gore

Access; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive paid training

Flexible hours

Weekend shifts available (+$1.00 per h

Paid travel time and mileage

Exclusive Spark Mobile Plan: data & NZ

Job summary

Access Community Health in New Zealand seeks Kaiāwhina/Support Workers to assist clients in their own homes. You’ll provide safe, respectful, person-centered support while honoring culture, routines, and boundaries.

Training is provided and hours can fit around study or family commitments. Roles include weekend shifts with a small premium, travel time compensation, and a pathway to develop in caregiving with supportive guidance and online self-directed learning.

Qualifications

• Love working with people and helping them thrive.
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support.
• Willing to learn, reflect, and adapt to what matters to each person.
• Own a smartphone and have the right to work in New Zealand.
• Full/restricted driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Support tāngata with individual care needs and daily living activities at home.
• Provide safe, respectful, person-centered care aligned to values and routines.
• Be mindful of culture, beliefs, and boundaries important to clients.

Skills

Empathy and people skills

Adaptability

Cultural safety

Willingness to learn

Smartphone ownership

Right to work in New Zealand

Driver's license

Tools

Smartphone

Job description

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

21st September, 2026

Looking for a role that works around your life?

Whetheryou’rebalancing study, family, or other commitments, we may be able to accommodate your availability based on the care needs in our community. You’llsupporttāngatawith their individual care needs and daily living activities —no qualifications or prior experiencerequired. Your role is to provide safe, respectful, personcenteredsupport in people’s homes, including being mindful of what matters to them, their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.

• Comprehensive paid trainingto set you up for success
• Flexible hours— We’lldo our best to align your schedule with the needs of the people we support
• Weekend shifts available(+$1.00 extra per hour)
• Paid travel time and mileage—When you travel for work, we make sureyou’recompensated fairly — including paid travel time and mileage for longer trips. Full details will be shared during onboarding.

Whakangungu| Training

Paid training! OurKaiāwhinaSkills Framework training takes place during your first two–four weeks of employment and includes:

• Support through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.
• Online self-directed learning
• Working alongside abuddytrainer

MōhouAke | About You

• Love working with people and helping them thrive
• Intuitive and responsive to people’s needs
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds
• Willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters to each person
• Own a smartphone
• Have the right to work in New Zealand
• Full/restricted driver’s license

He aha aimātou? | Why Us

• Flexible hours– mornings, evenings, weekends
• Extra $1.00 per hour for weekend work!
• A clear career pathway forKaiāwhina| 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

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.