Stepping Stone Trust (SST) is a Charitable Trust that offers a range of community-based support services for adults, youth and families who live in Canterbury and Dunedin. We provide a high standard of Residential Care which enables our tāngata to live good lives. We currently have several Support Worker vacancies in Dunedin, where teams will be responsible for tāngata with brain injuries, intellectual differences and/or mental health conditions.

A passion to work with tāngata in the community, enabling them to live fulfilling lives
The opportunity to extend your skills and expertise within a supportive team setting
Become part of a team that makes a real difference in your region.

About The role | Mō Te Tūnga

It is an exciting time to be part of the Stepping Stone whānau. Growth over the past few years has prompted our organisation to begin a new phase of development that will take us into the future. The Southern Region is at the forefront of creating positive and enabling environments for our mental health community that supports them in their journey to lead positive and fulfilling lives.

We have a number of roles that would suit those with desire to extend their experience within the mental health sector. Our tāngata have complex needs including intellectual differences so you will need to have the ability to engage and develop good professional relationships with vulnerable people and their families.
All shifts require some degree of weekend work.

About you | Mōu

We are seeking a passionate and experienced person to provide support to our tāngata and staff to implement and meet our tāngata health care needs.
In this role we want you to:

Have a compassionate and caring nature with good communication skills and a strong work ethic
A willingness to commit to and support the bicultural journey that Stepping Stone Trust is on as we live out our partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles
Focus on the recovery of our service users by ensuring that their needs are met
Set and achieve agreed goals and activities of daily living
Provide support to senior staff and service users
Assist with meal preparation and housework
A certain degree of computer literacy
A full, clean driver's licence.

We offer | Tā mātou mahi

While experience working in the mental health sector is preferred SST provides training and mentoring to gain knowledge and experience supported by our senior nurses. Our team is passionate about the service we provide, committed to the work we do and supportive of each other. We operate in a friendly work environment where you, together with support staff, can make a difference in people's lives. We are able to provide:

Sick leave after 3 months, if eligible;
Birthday Leave (after 6 months of permanent employment);
Professional Development.

About us | Mō mātou

We are a faith-based organisation, delivering mental health recovery services, and our mission is to journey with people to find a place of standing, hope, recovery, and wellness. We champion our values of Faith, Grace, Hope, Love, and Integrity in our work by bringing the best of ourselves to every situation and put the wellbeing of all the people we care for, first.

If you are interested in this role and have a passion for helping and supporting tāngata in our community, then we would love to hear from you. For further information and/or a Position Description please contact Sharon on recruitment@stepstone.org.nz We look forward to receiving your cover letter and CV. Applications are reviewed as we receive them, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to hire employees and close a job before the advertised closing date. Stepping Stone Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we strive to attract and maintain a diverse workforce. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and ensures a positive culture for people to work in.

** Our organisation has a strong commitment to safeguarding vulnerable people; and any employees will be vetted to a level appropriate to the role for which they have applied.

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