Mō mātou | About Hōhepa
Working at Hōhepa, is different from the average, you become part of our community of people, staff, volunteers, and contractors who all have a common goal - helping people to reach their full potential and lead enriched and meaningful lives in a holistic, supportive environment. We are a community leader providing services and support for people living with an intellectual disability to live their best lives and find a valued place in our society. Inspired by Dr Rudolf Steiner’s principles of anthroposophy, we seek to understand each person and situation as unique, not a one size fits all philosophy.
Mō te tūranga | About the Role
A Permanent Reliever is an experienced Support Worker who fills in for staff members during planned or unplanned leave, offering essential support across various houses and services. You’ll have fixed days of work, with mandatory rostered shifts, and consistent days off.
Each fortnight your roster will be populated with the guaranteed 80x hours hands on across various services. The specific hours and shifts will vary each fortnight, and include mornings, afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers, providing a dynamic and rewarding work experience.
We are looking for someone who enjoys variety and can adapt their support style to meet the diverse needs of the people we support.
This position's salary scale is set by pay equity and dependant on qualification level, pays between $23.50 and $29.10 per hour.
Ngā kawenga tūnga | Responsibilities
You will be supporting people with disabilities in a range of settings including in their home, out in the community and at our day services.
The people we support love getting out into the community, whether its shopping, beach walks, coffee and cake outings, visiting friends, supporting the Crusaders, going to markets and fairs, or heading to the pub for a pint, to name just a few.
The people we support have varying levels of need, and daily tasks vary from service to service but may include:
Cooking
Cleaning
Medication administration
Store purchasing
Personal cares
Facilitating community participation and recreational activities
Supporting people to achieve their goals
Nga haora kua tohua | Rostered hours:
You will have the choice to pick the following roster patterns, if successful these will be your permanent days of work:
Tuesday to Saturday
Thursday to Monday
Guaranteed hours per fortnight: 80
Mō koe | About You
We are looking for people who are resilient, self-motivated, empathetic, and who have a passion for helping others and making a real difference in people’s lives.
You'll be a team player, with a positive outlook, able to problem solve using sound judgement and skills to manage risk and make thoughtful decisions.
You will have previous or relevant experience of 2 years with a Level 3 Health and Wellbeing Certificate or equivalent qualification.
Candidates will need to complete police vetting.
A commitment to upholding the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in all aspects of the role.
Availability to work across mornings, afternoons, evenings, and sleepovers on rostered days of work.
Nga hua o te mahi ki a Hōhepa | Benefits of working at Hōhepa
Enjoy a great person to-staff ratio, allowing for more personalised support
Receive ongoing support for your professional and career development
Support to complete a NZQF Certificate in Health and Wellbeing level, 2, 3 or 4
Employment Benefits including discounts to Christchurch City Council Gym and Pool Membership
A Permanent Reliver $500 Bonus every 6 months
Applicants will be progressed as they apply, so if this sounds like you, please apply now!
Applicants must have a NZ full driver’s licence and ability to work in New Zealand.
Please note that the 90-day trial period will apply to any successful applicant who hasn’t previously worked for Hōhepa Canterbury
At Hōhepa the role of a Support Coordinator is what is often referred to in the wider healthcare sector as a Support Worker. We feel that the title Support Coordinator better reflects the nature of the role, which requires working in partnership with the people receiving support to ensure we are achieving our organisation mission of every life fully lived.
Hohepa Canterbury is a well-established provider of services and support to people with an intellectual disability and/or autism. Our practices, anthroposophical inspiration, and commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi creates our distinctive approach to working with people with disability. We are led by the needs of people we support - tangata whaiora - and their families/whānau and communities.
Founded on an intentional community model we know that the safe and supportive environments give the people we support a foundation for reaching their potential. We offer a rich cultural experience, originating from Steiner’s anthroposophy, which gives people with a disability the opportunity to explore their creative talents, be nurtured through our therapies, and establish a rhythm to their life.
Hohepa Canterbury is a registered charitable trust and started life in 1965 as a Home School for nine young children. We have grown to support 130 youth and adults across our programmes on two sites and in the wider community. We employ over 150 staff in 35 homes, our learning and activity day services, and in management and administration.
The homes provide a variety of settings catering for people from their late teens
to their seventies, while supported opportunities vary from voluntary to paid work,
further study, artistic and craft endeavors, agriculture and community activities. In all ways we are seeking for the people we support to live a life fully lived.
All these services are enriched by a cultural life based on the principles of the
teachings of Rudolf Steiner. Each person we support has the right to reach their potential, to be safe, and to be supported to build the life they see for themselves.
“Our highest endeavors must be to develop free human beings who are able of
themselves to import purpose and direction in their lives”
Rudolf Steiner
