Behavioural Support Worker
Visa sponsorship
Healthcare · Whanganui, New Zealand · Full-Time · $24.68 - $30.13/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Whanganui has openings for Behavioural Support Workers who help people with complex behavioural and medical needs manage overwhelming emotions and health-related challenges, promote safety and positive behaviour and develop independence and daily-living skills.
Previous experience in the health and disability sector is not necessary; a strong desire to pursue a career as a Support Worker and a positive attitude matter more. The employer is an accredited Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) employer, which is how employer sponsorship works.
A short note explaining why this kind of work suits you can sit well alongside your qualifications.
Zimbabwean applicants with community, church or volunteer caring experience should state it clearly on the CV, alongside driving licence details. Build AI CV makes a caregiver's CV easier to write.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist individuals with complex behavioural and medical needs
- Help them manage overwhelming emotions and health-related challenges
- Promote safety and positive behaviour
- Support independence and daily-living skills
- Help with transport, employment, finances, meals, shopping, cleaning, showering and medication, depending on ability
- Work daytime, evening, overnight and weekend shifts
- Manage risk and respond well in difficult situations
Requirements & Eligibility
- Experience managing challenging behaviours preferred
- Can navigate behaviours that challenge
- Available for flexible shifts, including weekends and wakeover shifts
- Comfortable with computers and tablets daily
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Physically fit to provide support
- Full NZ driver's license
- Resilient
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Visa guide: The AEWV from Zimbabwe: A Complete Guide