Avonhead

About Hawksbury Community Living Trust:

Hawksbury Community Living Trust provides quality residential support for people with intellectual disabilities. We have a wide range of residential homes in Christchurch, Kaiapoi and Mosgiel. We strive for an inclusive community-focused environment and proudly support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve their life choices.

About the role:

We're looking for part time and full time Support Staff to join our awake night shift team in Avonhead:

Vacancy 1: 80 hours per fortnight

Vacancy 2: 32 hours per fortnight

Night shift roles typically start at 11pm the day before and finish at 7am the following day.

These roles may have the ability to pick up more hours on a casual basis as and when required.

Working at one of our homes in Kaiapoi, you will be supporting residents with their everyday activities like shopping, preparing and cooking meals, finances, household chores, personal support and getting out and about in the community.

Ideally, you'll have a NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 2 or equivalent along with:

• A positive attitude to supporting people with an intellectual disability
• A full New Zealand drivers' licence
• Great communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent computer skills

We Offer:

• A comprehensive onboarding program to set you up for success.
• Ongoing development opportunities. If you haven't already completed NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 2 and 3, we will support you to complete these.
• Paid time off floor to complete your fully funded First aid certificate in addition to Safe Manual Handling and Dysphagia training.
• Free Employee Assistant programme, offering counselling, finance guidance, planning and career direction.
• Access to discounts at 40+ locations
• A workplace that encourages a work-life balance
• An environment in which all people are proud to live and work

Hawksbury is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces, promotes and values diversity and inclusion.

If you have experience in the field of disability support and a positive attitude to supporting people with an intellectual disability, we'd love to hear from you. Applications will be progressed as they are received so if this sounds like you, please apply now.

If you have a disability, then please advise if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to help you in your application or with our recruitment process

Please note that due to government regulations this role requires you to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and be able to provide evidence of this.

Empowering | Respectful | Compassionate | Understanding | Hones

Applications Close: 22 Apr 2022