Working Here
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Community Support Worker
Community Support Services
- Do you enjoy supporting a range of people in the Community?
- Would like an exciting new role working alongside our Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and Financial Mentors
- Rewarding work, within a supportive team
The Community Support Worker (CSW) is part of the Community Support Services. The Community Support Services delivers a variety of supports across several WCM new bases in central wellington. Providing professional supports from a strength and empowerment-based perspective with manuhiri, and their whanau, who are experiencing a wide range of complex situations and social issues.
About Us
Wellington City Mission supports people across the Wellington Region through a range of community and residential services. The Community Support Services is on an exciting journey as we open new services, including Whakamaru. Whakamaru is a new and pioneering community hub development in the heart of the city that will reshape the way we deliver care and support for our community – https://wellingtoncitymission.org.nz/whakamaru/
Our vision is “People and Communities empowered, transformed, experiencing fullness of life”.
Our Values are Aroha, Tumanako, Manakitanga, and Whānaungatanga
The Role
If you are looking for a new challenge, we have a great opportunity as a Community Support Worker working alongside our supportive Community Support Services Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). You will find the work extremely rewarding because you’ll make a real difference in the lives of people using our services.
The Community Support Workers (CSW) purpose is to support manuhiri and whanau connected with Wellington City Mission to achieve their goals through a strength-based empowerment approach. To provide Duty Assessments, and brief interventions whilst also holding a caseload. The CSW will work alongside other members of the community support team, such as, addiction practitioners, social workers, financial mentors and therapists, to support manuhiri to implement plans that they have developed
You will be located at Whakamaru which is due to open in November. This will allow you to be connected with the professional and clinical support of a multidisciplinary team and be at the heart of our service delivery.
About you
Our ideal candidate will have the following:
- Have experience of supporting individuals and whanau in the community that present with a variety of needs and complexities.
- Ideally have, or working towards, a Level 4 Health and Wellbeing Qualification, or other relevant qualification.
- Knowledge of community resources and support networks.
- Be an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who can work easily alongside our existing multidisciplinary team and Financial Mentors.
- Can work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment is essential.
- Experience of working within a mental health and/or addiction community service and/or knowledge and understanding of harm reduction principles desirable
- Demonstrate your ability to build and maintain strong relationships and collaborate across the health and social service sector.
How to apply
Applicants will need to be living and eligible to work in New Zealand to be considered for this role. And have a full and clean driver’s license.
For a copy of the Position Description and Application Form please head to our website –https://wellingtoncitymission.org.nz/about/working-here/
If you would like further information regarding this role, please contact carla@wcm.org.nz