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Home Support North Charitable Trust
Childcare : 'Be the Big Help for the Little Chap'
Kerikeri
FULL TIME & PART TIME
September 19, 2024
Experienced Childcare Support Assistant - Calm, Compassionate & Caring!
Location: Kerikeri, Mid North
Employment Type: Long-term, includes Wakeovers,
Wages: $23.38 - $29.10 per hour depending on skills, qualifications, and experience.
A warm, family-oriented household is seeking a dedicated, nurturing individual to provide exceptional care for their 23-month-old child with complex medical needs. This role combines childcare, medical assistance, and general household support.
Wishlist of Skills and Experience:
- Female caregiver preferred
- Physically fit and able to assist with daily care and outings
- Full clean driver's license and reliable vehicle
- Medical experience in nursing, healthcare assistant (HCA), pharmacy, physiotherapy, or similar desirable
- Organised, reliable, and able to exercise common sense in dynamic situations
- Excellent communication and comprehension skills
- Non-smoking/vaping environment
- Knowledge of good hygiene practices is essential
- Childcare experience, especially with toddlers
- Experience with cerebral palsy, dystonia, feeding tubes, epilepsy is a significant advantage
- Familiarity with New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) or Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a bonus (the child uses AAC)
- Seeking long-term employment in a family-focused environment
- Willing to travel, with the family, to Whangarei occasionally for medical appointments or other activities
- Calm, gentle, intuitive, and nurturing personality
Job Overview:
- Wakeover shifts, early mornings, and evening care
- Provide emotional and physical support to the child, including entertainment or soothing as needed
- Basic childcare duties such as feeding and changing
- Supporting medication via PEG feeding tube
- Household chores, focusing on laundry, beds, and maintaining a clean environment
- Assist with excursions (e.g., swimming, grocery shopping)
- Running of errands
- Pump feeding and preparing formula or blended feeds
- Managing and ordering medical supplies
- Physical therapy assistance
- Taking the child for walks in a wheelchair to enjoy the outdoors
- Filing and administrative tasks for medical records and correspondence
- Maintaining a detailed medical diary (documenting seizures, feeds, medications, symptoms)
- Ensuring medical equipment is charged, cleaned, and in good working condition.
*If you believe you have the heart, empathy, skills, and experience for this role, please apply by sending your CV to recruitment@homesupport.co.nz
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: $23.80 – $29.09 per hour
Schedule:
- Shift work
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