Support Worker – Kaiawhina, Kaitaia.
This is a busy whare that has four residential tāngata.
Support Worker – Kaiawhina, Kaitaia.
- Join our whare in Kaitaia.
- Rostered shifts and full-time permanent position
- Gain industry recognised qualifications while working
Mō te tūnga | About the role
In this role you will be supporting our tāngata in their whare based in Kaitaia. This is a busy whare that has four residential tāngata.
You will be part of a team who do amazing work with our tāngata that have complex needs; it is both challenging and rewarding and you will make a tangible difference to the lives of the people you support. Our tāngata lead busy, active lives which may include attending day services classes, formal functions, gym classes, swimming and visiting whanau.
The roster includes working days, evenings, sleepovers and weekends.
You will be supporting with every day needs such as bathing, food preparation, administering medication and a variety of other duties which enable an independent and great quality of life. It’s important to understand this is a whare/home environment for our tāngata so the more you can do to make it feel like a home the better.
We work to a rotating 24/07 roster, typically the shifts are:
- 7am-3pm.
- 3pm-11pm.
- 11pm-7am (sleep over includes an additional allowance);
- 1pm-9pm.
We are ideally seeking applicants who can work between 32 and 80 hours a fortnight.
We will train you and you will start to achieve your Level 2 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing as part of your Induction. With on-the-job training and our ongoing support you will achieve Level 3 and Level 4, which increases your rate of pay.
We offer a comprehensive curriculum of industry compliance training and personal/professional development opportunities. Any training that you need to work in this whare will be provided.
Ko wai koe | About You
You may not have previous experience, but you enjoy supporting those around you in your own life, you are the ‘go to’ support person and you are naturally drawn to helping others.
You may have significant life experience which includes caring for a loved one; you may be tired of manual labour and looking for something more fulfilling; you may be retired or now able to work around other whanau commitments. You may even be studying and just starting out in your career.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and Experience
Your skills will include:
- Working with diversity;
- A wide range of communications skills.
- The ability to set goals and work towards them.
- A good level of physical fitness and mobility.
- Prior experience with manual hoist/support of high wheelchair users (advantageous)
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.
The culture at Te Roopu Taurima, is driven by our ā Mātou Uara (Our Values):
- Whānaungatanga – Engagement/Networking
- Tika – Correct/Quality
- Whakapono – Trust
- Aroha – Kindness
- Kia Mārama - Transparency
Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Te Roopu Taurima
When you join us, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey.
- Life and critical illness/trauma insurance
- Habit Health – a comprehensive health programme for employees
- Learning and development – a comprehensive curriculum of industry compliance training and personal/professional development opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Programme – a confidential and independent service with access to 24/7 help from counsellors, psychologists, therapists and coaches.
- No parking worries.
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Please note:
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.
- Successful applicants need to complete and return a clear Ministry of Justice criminal history check.
You must be residing in and legally entitled to work in New Zealand for your application to be considered.
- Department
- Te Tai Tokerau
- Role
- Kaiawhina
- Locations
- Northland
Ngā Hua Kaimahi | Employee Benefits
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Here are just a few of the reasons why you should join our team at Te Roopu Taurima:
We have great learning and development opportunities
We support our kaimahi in achieving their professional development goals and proving a range of in-house learning opportunities. Our core training modules are a mix of blended and coaching workshops that offer both technical and life skills.
We partner with careerforce who deliver a range of training and qualifications: www.careerforce.org.nz
Check out the apprenticeship programme and training grants: www.careerforce.org.nz/training/train-me
You will be surrounded by, and be working amongst some of the most experienced people in our sector.
Move throughout our network
With offices in Northland, Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch, and a variety of positions in each location, we encourage progression and provide opportunities for current kaimahi to explore different career pathways within the roopu if you join the Te Roopu Taurima family, you are truly able to go places.
A top team
Because we value the team culture that we have developed so highly, we look to the future by seeking people who have the personal attributes and share the values that will make TRT stronger for the future. Meaning that should you join the team, you will be working with a fantastic team of people who are enthusiastic, positive, and invested in what they do.
Family friendly and flexible workplace
We believe that happy staff are productive staff, and we know that happiness starts in the home. For this reason, we do our best to accommodate the responsibilities and interests that you have outside of the office, including providing flexible work hours and generous allowances for personal time.
Why work for us?
We seek to recruit an agile workforce of critical thinkers who align to a tangata centred model of care and service. We hope to attract positive role models, who will lead from the front, create change in the sector and foster skills in Te Ao Māori (Māori worldview) and Te Ao Hurihuri (contemporary worldview).
Te Roopu Taurima (TRT) will employ the ‘best’ person for the job; candidates should add value to the future of TRT and aspire to work within a kaupapa Māori organisation. The success of TRT relies on our ability to attract the best staff, contractors, agency/temporary support and volunteers available.
Where possible TRT will explore career pathways to increase recruitment and retention of a Māori workforce. ‘More young people (Rangatahi) in the workforce who will be well supported and skilled’. Rangatahi in leadership roles encouraging others to enter the sector. Rangatahi based programmes that foster success and mentoring opportunities.
Recruitment and selection processes will cover not only the current technical skills of the individual but also by seeking people who have the personal attributes experience and share the values that will ensure a successful future for TRT.
Support Worker – Kaiawhina, Kaitaia.
This is a busy whare that has four residential tāngata.
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