Job description Community Support Worker
Job location: Napier, Hastings, Flaxmere
Hours: Varied
Flaxmere – Intensive Wraparound Support (Rangatahi & Whānau):
Up to 12 hours per week (after school hours). This role involves providing intensive, wraparound support to a rangatahi and their whānau. You will work alongside them to build strengths, respond to complex needs, and support the achievement of their goals and aspirations in a holistic, whānau-centred way.
Hastings – Supported Independent Living (Adults):
Up to 15 hours per week (business hours). Supporting adults to live as independently as possible within their community. This includes assisting with daily living skills, goal setting, and promoting autonomy, choice, and participation.
Napier – Supported Independent Living (Adults):
Up to 10 hours per week (business hours). Providing community-based support to adults, focusing on building independence, enhancing wellbeing, and supporting individuals to achieve their personal outcomes.
Job specific information
As a Support Worker, you’ll:
Ensure support is provided in ways, at the times and places agreed in the individual’s Personal Plan with CCS Disability Action.
Provide services in accordance with CCS Disability Action policies and procedures and work practices and the Disability Leadership Framework.
Be respectful of the individual and their home.
Remain professional at all times and in line with CCS Disability Action’s Standard of Integrity and Conduct.
Take part in supervision, performance review and training opportunities.
Attend compulsory training sessions that CCS Disability Action offer.
Our organisation takes a social, rather than medical approach, supporting disabled people to live their best lives. We are guided by the Enabling Good Lives principles, shifting power and authority back to disabled people and their families, to increase choice and control in their lives.
About you
We’re looking for someone who:
Can ensure disabled people have the ability to reach their identified goals in an enabling, culturally respectful and unobtrusive manner.
Can ensure that the support work is driven by the person we support.
Can be creative, flexible, and responsive in your approach.
Can provide support which encourages and facilitates the individual’s inclusion in their family/whānau and wider community.
Has a clean driver’s license or access to transport.
Has up to and including Level 2 training or be willing to achieve Level 2 training.
Why us?
At CCS Disability Action, we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. We uphold a strong human rights framework and promote equal opportunities for all.
Our strategic priorities, Te Aronui, shape how we work – valuing relationships, wellbeing, and knowledge while keeping whānau hauā/disabled people at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity and offer flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance. Join our friendly, values-driven team and make a meaningful impact every day.
With a strong employee value proposition, we offer great employee benefits, job-related training, and clear career growth pathways. Whether you’re with us short-term or long-term, we provide the tools and opportunities for success. Our employee benefits programme includes:
Exclusive discounts
Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
A paid annual wellbeing day.
How to apply
Please complete the form below and upload your cover letter – where you can share a bit about yourself and your interests – along with your CV, outlining your work experience and education. Once you've submitted your application, it will be sent directly to us for review.
We work within a human rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We openly encourage disabled people to apply.
If you need accommodations or an alternative application method, please contact: Midlands.Recruitment@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz
We’re committed to making our process accessible to all.