About the role
You will support a young man that is fit and active.  He has a complex level of autism and very specific communication needs.
You will report to the Service Coordinator and have interaction with the family about the support being provided.
The job requires you to do sleepovers
 Duties of the role

• Support the individual to achieve their personal plans.
• Strengthen and develop the individuals networks in the community.
• Engage with the individual to check that the support being offered is meeting expectations and enhancing their life.
• Support the individual with personal hygiene and wellbeing.
• Promote an environment that encourages the individual to feel safe and comfortable.
• Encourage the individual to grow and increase their independence by supporting them to learn skills for daily living and to make decisions and choices.
• Generate daily support notes, incident reports and daily handover notes to your co-workers.
• Collaborate with other support staff by attending staff meetings, coaching, keeping each other informed about the individual being supported and sharing ideas with your team members.

Skills and experience

• It is essential that you are fully vaccinated (mandated)
• Qualification in Health and Wellbeing or similar OR two years experience
• Computer literacy 
• Valid drivers license 
• An understanding of anxiety, disability and/or autism

Benefits

• Four weeks annual-leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cell-phone allowance
• Collaborative working environment

About Community Connections

We are a community based disability support provider that operates across much of the North Island.  Our Vision is of an inclusive New Zealand where people with disabilities are embraced as fully participating citizens, where barriers to inclusion are removed, and where all people are respected and valued for who they are.

We believe that people with disabilities can and should live the life they choose, on their own terms and within the community of their choice.