Wise Group

Casual Support Worker

Wise Group  •  Whanganui, NZ (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

•
Casual employment across the Whanganui region
• Perk Plus discount app + Gain a qualification while you work
• Earn up to $32.30/hr + Flexible shifts

Whether
you're a student, between jobs, or just looking to earn extra income with
purpose – we’ve got casual roles available across the Whanganui region!

Pathways
| Mō mātou
As a leading mental
health and addiction service in Aotearoa, we empower individuals to live full
lives in their communities. Prioritising mental health while aiming for overall
well-being, we foster strong whānau connections. Our commitment to personalised
support is reflected in our 'whatever it takes' wairua and spirit.

What we
offer | Ngā āhuatangakei a mātou 

  • Gain a Level 4 Qualification
  • Perk Plus discount app
  • NEW Earn up to $32.30 per hour
  • Work for an organisation that
    believes in its purpose
  • EAP Employee Assistance
    Programme

The Role
| Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
Our casual roles
cover leave for permanent Support Workers, providing you with the opportunity
to gain valuable experience across a range of our services.

Role
provides the opportunity to work different shift patterns, AM 0:700 -15:30, PM
15:00 -23:30 and Awake night shift 23:00 -07:30

This varied
role could see you working on a variety of different tasks: 

  • Respite service – This role supports the day to day running of the Adult Respite Service.This role is varied and includes a number of tasks from supporting those staying in the house with day-to-day activities, to supporting with cooking, cleaning and gardening.You will also work alongside the team to welcome Clinical Teams to Respite.
  • Housing and Recovery service – Work alongside the team and be an integral part of promoting wellness and support people to transition to independent living in the community. You will assist people with day-to-day activities including accessing social and recreational groups, participate in community activities, education and employment, budgeting and welcoming clinical teams.
  • Mobile Community – Assist with household tasks, medication support, appointments, and community engagement.

The hours of
work are irregular and offered when available. We operate 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.   

You
| Mōu

  • A current full driver’s licence
  • A current first aid certificate
    or are you willing to obtain one
  • For our respite services,
    applications must hold the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing
    Level 4 (NZCHW) or a recognised equivalent, or are currently studying
    towards this qualification or a recognised equivalent
  • Able to be flexible and
    available for varying shifts across all services.

Applications
Close: 23 September 2026

Position
Description:  Please copy and paste link into your
browser: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PW-Support-Worker.pdf

Contact: Faye Palmer, Team Coach, on 0274
036 769 for any queries

For
further information, visit our website www.pathways.co.nz

Pathways
is committed to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke free
environment. We encourage people with lived experience of mental illness
& addictions to apply.

Wise Group

About Wise Group

At the Wise Group we believe in creating new opportunities for the wellbeing of people, vulnerable populations, organisations, and communities.

We operate in New Zealand's mental health and addictions sector, are one of the largest non government providers in the sector

From humble beginnings over 35 years ago, today we employ over 1,500 staff throughout the country, working in areas from frontline service to software development. We have a parent and subsidiary structure encompassing a family of charitable entities, all linked by a common dream. Our structure nurtures synergy and innovation, and means we’re transparent and accountable.

Our whānau includes:

• Wise Management Services

• Pathways

• Real

• Te Pou

• Le Va

• Workwise

• Wild Bamboo

• LinkPeople

• The People's Project

• Housing First Auckland

Here's what drives us:

Each year our Group works with thousands of New Zealanders and their families. We provide people with a broad range of community-based mental health and wellness services. In doing so we dramatically reduce their need for high-cost hospital and acute services and help people have happier, more fulfilling and more productive lives.

Each year the Group's housing services help people find and live in affordable homes, also helping them appreciate the rights and responsibilities of being tenants and managing homes.

Each year the Group's employment agency helps people who experience a serious mental health condition get off benefits, become financially independent and reclaim their self-esteem by finding and retaining paid jobs.

Each year people throughout the country attend professional development programmes through the Group's NZQA certified training organisation.

Each year thousands of mental health professionals in the public and private sector are supported and developed via the Group's national workforce development organisation.

Together we make a real difference by creating connections to support people to find and live their dreams.

Industry
Unknown
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Hamilton, NZ
Year Founded
1989
Website
wisegroup.co.nz
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