Wise Group

Support Worker

Wise Group  •  New Zealand (Onsite)  •  4 days ago
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Job Description

  • Permanent, full-time + Friday to Monday + PM shifts + based in Hamilton
  • Extra annual leave + Perk & Perk Plus discount app
  • Extraordinary Payment Card $250 per year+ 2 paid wellbeing days

Support tāngata whaiora build independence, connect with their community and maintain wellbeing.

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.

The Benefits | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

To show you how much we value you, we offer:

  • Increased Kiwisaver contribution
  • 5 weeks of Annual Leave (after 12 months of employment)
  • 2 paid Wellbeing Days per year
  • Extraordinary Payment Card $250 per year to support Health and Wellbeing for you and your whānau
  • Perk & Perk Plus discount app

The Role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

As a Support Worker, you’ll walk alongside tāngata whaiora in a women’s crisis respite service, supporting them to relax, restore, and recover in a therapeutic environment.

This is a permanent, full-time role, based in Hamilton, with shifts on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday, from 3:00pm to 11:30pm.

In the role, you will:

  • Support tāngata whaiora to rest, restore and maintain wellbeing in safe environments
  • Walk alongside people to set and achieve their personal goals
  • Provide practical support with daily living (cooking, shopping, budgeting, healthy routines)
  • Encourage participation in community, work, study, and social activities
  • Support therapeutic interventions and wellbeing practices as needed
  • Maintain accurate records and collaborate with whānau, health and social services
  • Uphold Pathways’ values by working in a trauma-informed, culturally safe way

About You | Mōu

  • Preferred applicants who hold the level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (NZCHW) or a recognised equivalent. Alternatively, you will be willing to commence study towards this within six months of starting your employment with Pathways. This needs to be completed within two years of commencement. Pathways offer significant support to complete this study.
  • You must hold a current full New Zealand driver’s licence.
  • You must hold a current first aid certificate or be willing to obtain one.
  • Knowledge of, and demonstrable commitment to, the articles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
  • You must have the right to work in New Zealand

Closing Date | Rā Katinga: Friday, 28 August 2026 Please note, this job may close early if a suitable candidate is found.

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Contact | Whakapā: Kenihia Rei-Maynard, Team Coach, email Kenihia.Rei-Maynard@pathways.co.nz

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
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Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Hamilton, NZ
Year Founded
1989
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