Access Community Health

Experienced Support Workers - Rotorua

Access Community Health  •  Onsite  •  15 hours ago
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Job Description

Looking for a role that works around your life?

Whether you’re balancing study, family, or other commitments, we may be able to accommodate your availability based on the care needs in our community.

Each Tangata will have high risk individual care requirements, and you will support them with all elements of daily living such as Palliative cares, Bowel cares, Dementia, Mental health, Medication.

You will provide safe, respectful, and person‑centred support in people’s homes, being mindful of what matters to them, including their culture, values, beliefs, routines, and boundaries.

Whakangungu | Training

We provide practical and online training during the first few weeks of employment. With the added bonus of year-round training with regular refreshers and new modules to keep skills up to date. You’ll be supported through structured induction, ongoing training, refreshers, and clear development pathways.

Mōhou Ake | About You

The following skills and experience may be required depending on the specific client needs you are matched to.

  • Love working with people and helping them thrive
  • Be willing to learn, reflect, and adapt your approach to what matters for each person
  • Have experience in or exposure to caregiving, disability support, aged care, community work, or other people‑facing roles
  • Committed to culturally safe, respectful support for people from all backgrounds
  • Intuitive and responsive to people’s needs
  • Own a smartphone
  • Have the right to work in New Zealand
  • Full driver’s license

He aha ai mātou? | Why Us

  • Flexible hours – mornings, evenings, weekends
  • $28.03 - $30.27 plus weekend allowances
  • A clear career pathway for Kaiāwhina | Support Workers
  • Exclusive Spark Mobile Plan: Endless data (40GB at max speed), unlimited NZ/AU calls & texts, hotspot access, voicemail for just $24.15/month

Some client needs require Support Workers who hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Health and Wellbeing qualification to ensure safe and appropriate care. We support equitable recruitment by recognising transferable experience and, where appropriate, providing training pathways to build and maintain Level 3–4 capability. Support Workers are matched to client needs based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Access Community Health | Uru Ātea’s mission is to create a better day, every day for thousands of people throughout Aotearoa, helping them live independently in their own homes and communities. Uru Ātea means “to enter space”—our promise to deliver services wherever our clients need us.

Access Community Health

About Access Community Health

Access is one of New Zealand’s leading in-home health care providers, specialising in home care and support, disability support, specialised nursing, ACC injury management and rehabilitation. We work with the Ministry of Health, DHBs and ACC to care for around 40,000 people nationwide and have been trusted by New Zealanders to provide care in the community for 100 years.

Access is dedicated to giving you the care and support you need to live independently in your home and community.

Our skilled team of nurses, support workers and allied health professionals provide a range of services delivered to your home, including: personal care, household assistance, fully qualified nursing services, palliative care and carer relief.

Our services cater for people who are either living with a disability, rehabilitating following an accident or injury (one of only four national providers of homebased care for ACC), recovering from serious illness or surgery, over 65 and requiring home healthcare, suffering from a long-term condition, in the final stages of life, private carers needing relief or requiring Individualised Funding Services.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Lower Hutt, NZ
Year Founded
1925
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