Support Worker
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Community Services · Dunedin, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25.08 - $30.43/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
For care professionals building a long-term career in disability support, this full-time Support Worker position near Dunedin, New Zealand offers broad, hands-on experience. A community living trust is hiring for its Permanent Relief Team on a 40-hour week.
Relief work exposes you to the full range of residential support: personal care, daily living skills, community participation and careful documentation, across days, afternoons, evenings, awake night shifts, split shifts and weekends. The trust works within a person-centred framework built on inclusion and community connection, supporting people with learning disabilities to live independently.
The trust is an accredited employer and is prepared to support AEWV sponsorship for appropriately experienced and qualified candidates; the role is approved at skill level 4. This vacancy is aimed at professionals already in New Zealand with work rights.
Present your progression clearly in an English CV: the care settings you have worked in, the responsibilities you took on and any qualification such as a Certificate in Health & Wellbeing. Map your care career in a CV with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide individuals through daily routines, shopping included
- Take part in meal preparation and household duties
- Carry out personal care with respect and to safe standards
- Facilitate community activities and outings
- Foster independence, informed choice and wellbeing
- Implement support plans
- Maintain accurate, complete records
Requirements & Eligibility
- A respectful, person-centred approach to supporting individuals with learning disabilities
- Good common sense and the ability to work independently
- Strong communication, interpersonal and good computer skills
- Experience in NZ as a Support Worker / Caregiver / Healthcare Assistant, or a Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Level 2 or higher)
- Availability to work weekends across a variety of shifts
- A full New Zealand driver's licence (essential) and the right to work in New Zealand
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