Support Worker / Life Facilitator
Visa sponsorship
Community Services · Tauranga, New Zealand · Contract · $25 - $30/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
For care professionals building a long-term career in disability support, this Support Worker / Life Facilitator contract in Tauranga, New Zealand offers broad, hands-on responsibility. A disability support service is adding to the 24/7 team that supports a client with tetraplegia, a highly motivated person with full-time commitments who values staying active and engaged.
The position blends hands-on personal care, help with day-to-day routines and genuine companionship with driving the client to work and family engagements and travelling alongside them when needed. It is full-time on contract, rostered across day shifts (7 am to 5 pm) and night shifts (5 pm to 7 am with a sleepover period), averaging 35 hours or more each week over approximately 2 to 4 shifts, plus 2 weekend shifts monthly. The client and team provide comprehensive training.
The employer is an accredited employer with job tokens available to support work visas, opening a route to AEWV sponsorship.
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Key Responsibilities
- Deliver personal cares and support the client's daily activities
- Provide companionship as part of everyday support
- Drive and accompany the client so work and family commitments are fulfilled
- Contribute to a 24/7 support team across a mix of AM and PM shifts
- Apply the care plan and job description and help sustain a comfortable, engaging environment
- Support coordination of the 24/7 roster with colleagues
Requirements & Eligibility
- Working towards an NZQA qualification in health and wellbeing at Level 3 or higher
- Clear understanding of coordinating rosters that run 24/7
- Hands-on training experience relevant to a care plan and job description
- A professional, honest, trustworthy and reliable manner
- Effective communication skills, plus the ability to adapt to changing needs
- Initiative and common sense, combined with a positive attitude
- A driver licence
- A high level of English and strong availability, including afternoons, evenings, sleepovers and 2 weekend shifts a month
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