At PGF Group, we provide free, professional and confidential counselling and support services throughout New Zealand for anyone impacted by gambling. We also have dedicated health promotion teams who work in the community to raise awareness of gambling harm through advocacy work, education and training.
We welcome applications from like-minded individuals who are keen to make a difference and help individuals, families and communities be free from gambling harm.
You can apply for this role through ELMO by clicking HERE.
About the role
Our Support Workers are a vital part of our clinical and public health service providing direct support to tāngata whaiora and whānau offering goal-based problem solving that assists them to develop their own natural supports and supporting them to learn self-advocacy, to build their own recovery from gambling harm. The role includes raising awareness of gambling harm through education and community engagement in the region.
Our Support Workers include individuals with a range of speciality focuses, some have peer and lived experience of gambling harms, including being affected by another person’s gambling, while others bring cultural knowledge to focus on connections with Māori, LGBTQI, or youth communities. The work can be completed in person or remotely, individually or in groups.
As a member of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) our Support Workers possess unique knowledge, abilities, and attributes. They draw on their own life-changing experiences, cultural knowledge, service use, and/or journey of recovery and healing to support others and reduce barriers to treatment. Their work strengthens connection, resiliency, choice, and hope, improving the lives of individuals and assisting in transforming services.
What you will bring
The successful candidate will:
·Have, are working towards or willing to achieve a Level 4 or above, support worker health qualification
·Have the ability to work cross-culturally and engage with diverse communities
·Have good standards of record keeping
·Have a full and clean driver’s license
·Being competent in data entry and experience with Microsoft 365 programmes is desirable
What we offer
PGF Services mission: Kia pakari ai te mana o tēnā, o tēnā kia tāharahara te ngau o te wara petipeti. We enhance the mana of all people by preventing and minimising gambling-related harm.
Kia Mana Te Kupu, Kia Mana Te Tāngata, Kia Mana Te Mokopuna
We stand true to our word, we stand true to our people, we stand true to our legacy.
Applications close at 5.00pm on 13th October 2024 unless filled prior.
Please note: To apply for this role you must be eligible to work in New Zealand.
You can download the Job Description HERE
