Support Worker - Dunedin (Summer Casual)

• Casual work with shifts offered as required
• Flexibility required to work days, evenings, sleepovers and weekends
• $24.68 to $30.13 per hour + 8% holiday pay

Spend your summer doing work that matters! Gain practical experience, develop skills and enhance your CV while supporting people in your community.

About the role | Mō te tūnga

Role

As a Support Worker, you will empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to lead fulfilling lives at home and within their community. The role includes:

• Building independence: Help people grow their daily living skills, from catching public transport to cooking their own meals.
• Supporting daily life: Assist with personal care routines such as showering, getting dressed, taking medication and looking after their own home.
• Pursuing goals and interests: Encourage and support people to engage in their interests, hobbies, and personal goals.
• Staying healthy and well: Support healthy choices and overall wellbeing in a way that works for each person.
• Supporting complex behaviours: Provide calm, consistent support utilising positive behaviour strategies while ensuring dignity, safety, and respect.
• Creating connections: Support and strengthen relationships with whānau, colleagues, and the wider community.

Check out our website to learn more: Become a Support Worker

What you will bring | Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu

You don’t need previous Support Worker experience – we’re looking for people with the right attitude, strong people skills and a genuine interest in helping others.

• Be available to work a range of shifts, including mornings, evenings, sleepovers and weekends
• Build positive relationships and communicate effectively with a wide range of people
• Provide practical, hands-on support to people in their daily lives
• Hold a current full NZ Driver Licence

What's in it for you? | Nōu te rourou

• $24.68 - $30.13 per hour based on relevant qualifications + 8% holiday pay
• IDEA Services will support you towards completion of the Level 2, 3 and 4 Certificates in Health and Wellbeing qualifications.
• Generous long service leave entitlements plus insurance benefits after 2 years' service.
• 'Refer a friend' Bonus programme.
• FREE Employee Assistance programme service anytime you need health and wellbeing support.

About us | Mō mātou

IDEA Services supports adults with intellectual disabilities to live in their own homes and enjoy life as part of their communities. We are New Zealand's largest provider of services to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Our services are founded on IHC's utter commitment for people with intellectual disabilities to have a good life and to be valued contributors to and members of their own community.

Check out our website to learn more about us: Become a Support Worker (idea.org.nz)

How to Apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

Submit an online application by selecting the 'Apply' button. As part of the recruitment selection process, you will be required to provide an up-to-date CV. If you have any questions about the application process, please email ***email_hidden***.

The IHC Group is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and actively seek a diverse applicant pool. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We welcome all kinds of diversity and the different perspectives such diversity brings to our work. Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.