3 Month Fixed-Term: Care And Support Worker Ridsas – South Auckland

3 Month Fixed-Term: Care and Support Worker RIDSAS – Kaiawhina, Clendon

• One on one support worker roles on offer
  
• Immediate start
• Supportive team environment with a focus on employee well-being

Mō te tūnga | About the role

We are looking for a care and support worker to join our professional team. This role will be working with our RIDSAS service, which is a specialised service that provides support for both male and female tangata (Care recipient) with high or complex needs. These tangatas have been directed by the courts under the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) act and will need a high level of 1:1 care to help them on their rehabilitation journey this will include;

• Assisting with physical & personal Care ensuring good personal hygiene such as washing, showering
• Support with cooking, household/property cleaning and other maintenance to keep the home a healthy & safe place
• Administering medication
• Driving to the appointments, gym classes and supermarket
• Variety of other duties which enable them a somewhat independent lifestyle

It is important you can work to a rotating roster including weekends. The shifts are as below:

• 7am-3pm
• 3pm-11pm
• 11pm-7am (sleep over/wake over includes an additional allowance)
• 1pm-9pm

Ko wai koe | About You

This is an opportunity to start or grow your career in the disability sector, working within RIDSAS will equip you with the experience and skills needed to support rehabilitation. While the successful applicant will receive training and support, we are looking for someone with the below skills and aptitudes:

• Qualification in health and wellbeing or community support worker, mental health and disability sectors would be advantageous, however not mandatory
• Be confident, practical and have good listening skills to be able to address needs of our tangata
• Having previous experience in completing personal care responsibilities desirable
• Have a solution-focused approach to issues and an empathetic approach to interactions with others
• Physically fit and able to lift along with having the ability to be on your feet for most of the day

Please note:

• Full, clean class 1 drivers licence with no restrictions is mandatory
• You must be residing in and legally entitled to work in New Zealand for at least 18 months

Mō mātou | About Us

Te Whariki Whakaruruhau is the Te Roopu Taurima (TRT) model of service that recognises the intrinsic value and relationship of tangata (people we support), their whanau and kaimahi (staff). As a kaupapa Maori service we strive to make a difference in the lives of tangata by surrounding them with a caring environment based on Maori values of respect and whanau. The service appeals to a wide range of people of different ethnicities because of TRT’s philosophy of accepting and valuing all cultural practices.