Whanau Community Worker Nelson #

Whanau Community Worker - Nelson

Fixed-Term Part-Time Position (24 hours per week)

Supporting Families Caring for Children

The Open Home Foundation (OHF) is a Christian Community Response and has a vision that every child and young person has the opportunity to grow up in a secure loving family and receive a depth of care which will bless them throughout their lives.

Integral to our ongoing success are our Support Workers who ensure the needs and safety of our Tamariki are paramount. The Support Worker role plays a very important part in families lives helping stabilise the placements of children with specific needsall while demonstrating a lot of care empathy and professionalism. This is a very demanding role looking after children/young people with autism and/or intellectual disabilities but for the right person the most rewarding work.

This is a part-time fixed-term position of 24 hours per week until end of May 2027.

The successful applicant will have the following:

• Ideally have a Certificate in Health and Wellbeing
• Have experience providing physical emotional and therapeutic care of vulnerable children/young people with disabilities
• Have experience working in a residential setting
• Be excellent at quickly establishing confidence rapport and routine with the child and their family
• Have their own transport and a full clean drivers licence
• Be First Aid certified
• Be able to work evenings and weekends sleepovers
• Skilled to create Words and Picture Documents for children in care
• An in-depth understanding of how the role recognises the special relationship between Māori and Tauiwi and strong empathy with the organisations special character
  

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Applications close: 30 July 2026 (Applicants may be appointed prior to closing date)

Required Experience:

IC