Job description Community Support Worker
Hours: Part-time hours
What we offer:

• Competitive pay – our baseline remuneration rate is on average $1 higher than other providers.
  
• Work in a friendly, supportive team environment.
  
• Employee Assistance Programme – free confidential counselling sessions.
  
• Supervision – regular check ins with your line manger.
  
• Training and development – opportunities and support to grow and expand your skills and knowledge.
  
• We value employee wellbeing – in addition to standard Annual Leave allocation you receive an extra Wellbeing Day leave each year.
  
• Company vehicle usage – use of pool cars for work purposes/mileage paid for use of own vehicle for approved work purposes.
  

Job specific information

We are looking for Community Support Workers to work with disabled people and their families we support in the Far North (Kaitaia) community. The support that you will be required to provide will vary. Some of the work will be physical.
We would love to hear from you if:

• You’re based in/around Kaitaia.
  
• You have a passion for enabling others to lead good lives.
  
• Have strong connections to the community.
  
• Flexibility in the hours you can work.
  
• Willing to use your diverse background and identity to expand how we support people in a team environment.
  
• Can work independently.
  
• Experience providing one to one support in the community is preferred but not essential.
  
• Have a Health Care Assistant Qualification or a Level 2 or 3 equivalent.
  
• Experience working in the disability sector, or a willingness to undertake training.
  

How to apply

To apply for this job go to: https://ccsdisabilityaction.recruitmenthub.co.nz/Vacancies and enter ref code: 6658376
Interviews to be held in Kaitaia during the week of 30 September 2024 (tentative date set 01 October 2024).

About us

CCS Disability Action builds our work around three core documents; UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. We work within a Human Rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and we openly encourage people with lived experience to apply.