Support Worker - Ngāruawāhia

Access; Ngaruawahia; Remote; NZD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive Spark Mobile Plan: Endless 4

Flexible hours

Job summary

Access Community Health is seeking compassionate Kaiāwhina | Support Workers to assist clients in their own homes across Waikato. The role emphasizes flexible hours to fit study, family, or other commitments while delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care.

You will support clients with daily living, health needs, and safe, respectful care. Training is provided, with opportunities to progress within a clear career pathway.

Qualifications

• Experience in caregiving, disability support, aged care, community work, or other people‑facing roles.
• Love working with people and helping them thrive.
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person.
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, respectful, and person‑centred support in people’s homes.
• Support daily living activities such as palliative care, bowel care, dementia, and medication.
• Be mindful of clients’ culture, values, beliefs, routines and boundaries.

Skills

Caregiving

Disability support

Aged care

Community work

People‑focused

Willing to learn

Right to work NZ

Own a smartphone

Education

Level 3 Health and Wellbeing qualification

Job description

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

09th November, 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.
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, andperson‑centredsupport in people’s homes, being mindful of what matters to them, including their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.
Whakangungu| Training

We provide practical and online training during the first few weeks of employment. With theadded bonusof year-round training with regular refreshers and new modules to keep skills up to date.You’llbe supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.
MōhouAke | About You

• Love working with people and helping them thrive
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person
• Experience with brain injury clients is preferred but not required
• Have experience in or exposure to caregiving, disability support, aged care, community work, or otherpeople‑facingroles
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds
• Intuitive and responsive to people’s needs
• Own a smartphone
• Have the right to work in New Zealand
• Full/restricted driver’s license
• 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

09th November, 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.
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, andperson‑centredsupport in people’s homes, being mindful of what matters to them, including their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.
Whakangungu| Training

We provide practical and online training during the first few weeks of employment. With theadded bonusof year-round training with regular refreshers and new modules to keep skills up to date.You’llbe supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.
MōhouAke | About You

• Love working with people and helping them thrive
• Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person
• Experience with brain injury clients is preferred but not required
• Have experience in or exposure to caregiving, disability support, aged care, community work, or otherpeople‑facingroles
• Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds
• 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 aimātou? | Why Us

• Flexible hours – mornings, evenings, weekends
• Extra $1.00 per hour for weekend work!
• 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

Some client needs require Support Workers who hold a Level 3 or 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 3–4 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.