House Leader - Residential

A care facility is opening a new home in Upper Hutt, and we're looking for an amazing staff team to work with 2 young men and 1 woman ranging in age from 19 to 30. We're looking for a friendly, organised House Leader, for a role that combines hands on support work with leadership of a new team. They have loving families, so as well as building trust with the flatmates, you'll need to build trust with families too. You will work closely with them to support the flatties to live their best lives.

You will enjoy being involved in their lives and seeing them actively exploring new opportunities in their home and neighbourhood. A key skill is being intuitive and patient, so you can really tune in to what's going on for each person and respond to them. As the flatmates have physical support needs, your role as a support worker will include intimate care like helping to go to the toilet and have showers. You will need to be respectful and intuitive as you do this and be vigilant to their physical health and emotional comfort, giving them as much voice, choice, and control as possible. You'll need to be fit enough to push a wheelchair and willing to get in the swimming pool to enjoy some fun water play.

What the role offers:

• Ongoing development and study opportunities - earn while you learn! • We can support you to achieve NZQA Health and Wellbeing qualifications. • A meaningful, life changing career • A fun vibrant workplace where every day is genuinely different

Come and join a new team, at a new house opening in Upper Hutt, for 3 young people with disabilities!

• Have leadership skills with a can-do attitude. • Have some experience supporting disabled people. • Be reliable, respectful, and intuitive. • Be willing and able to support their current abilities and teach new ones. • Figure out what brings them joy and do their best to make it happen. • Be adaptable to unique communication styles. • Have the initiative & motivation to work in partnership with each flatmate. • Creating daily, weekly to yearly personal goal plans • Basic computer skills such as emails, internet searching and Word. • Must have Full Drivers Licence. • Must be able to pass a pre-employment MOJ check and drug test.