Senior Support Worker – Full Time (Wigram)
Job Description
Location: Wigram, Christchurch
Hours: Full-time 80 hours
per fortnight with Friday & Sat off
Are you an experienced Support Worker ready to grow
your career? We’re looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Senior Support Worker to join our residential team in Wigram.
Why Join Hawksbury?
At Hawksbury Community Living Trust, we provide high-quality
residential support for people with learning disabilities. We are
committed to person-centred care, inclusion, and community connection.
You’ll be joining a supportive and respectful culture, where
our values - Empowering, Respectful, Compassionate, Understanding, Honest- are
in embedded in everything we do.
About the Role
As a Senior Support Worker, you’ll have the
opportunity to use your skills and experience to provide exceptional support to
people with learning disabilities enabling them to live
fulfilling, independent lives in a safe, warm, and home‑like environment.
You’ll be role modelling best practice while encouraging and
supporting other team members. You will be part of a supportive and respectful team
culture with strong leadership and clinical backup.
What we offer
Ongoing training and career development
Fully
funded First Aid, Manual Handling, Falls Prevention &
Dysphagia training
Free *Employee
Assistance Programme (EAP)* – counselling, financial & career
- support
- Access
- to staff discounts with 40+ partner organisations
- *What you’ll be
- doing*
Your day will include a mix of practical assistance and
meaningful connection, including:
- Supporting
- daily routines (shopping, meal preparation, household tasks)
- Providing
- personal care respectfully and safely
- Supporting
- community activities and outings
- Encouraging
- independence, choice, and wellbeing
- Provide
- support, encouragement and guidance to other support staff
- What you will bring
- A
- positive, respectful attitude toward supporting people with learning
- disabilities
- Experience
- providing disability support
- *NZ Certificate in Health & Wellbeing
- (Level 3 or above)* or equivalent
- Eagerness
- to continue learning and developing as a Support Staff member
- Good
- written and verbal communication skills
- Computer
- literacy
- What you must have
- A *full
New Zealand driver’s licence* (essential)
* The right
to work in New Zealand
Important Visa Information
Although Hawksbury is accredited to employ staff on an
Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV), we do not have a Job Check for this role
and are therefore unable to support visa applications for this position.
Apply Now
If you’re experienced in disability support looking to build
a long‑term career in the sector, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now with your CV – applications are reviewed as they
are received.
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