House Parents (Casual)

• Casual
• Application Closes 27 Jul 2026
• Hawkes Bay - Hastings
• Child Care Worker

Casual Whare Matua - Te Parehiua

Te Parehuia, is our Residential Care Service providing young people with a welcoming home and day to day aroha, professional care, stability, structure, social and cultural wellbeing.   The home is managed 24 hours / 7 days a week. We are looking for employees for our casual pool to cover shifts when our permanent staff are on leave.  

We have 12 hour shirts from 7am to 7pm (Day shift) and 7pm to 7am (Night shirt), 7 days a week.

The key responsibilities are to: 

• Provide aroha and day to day cares for the health and well-being of tamariki and rangatahi according to their age and needs
• Provide a peaceful, relaxed and safe home environment for tamariki, rangatahi and all staff. 
• Support tamariki to develop personal life skills, continue with their usual routines and achieve their goals and milestones like school, education, health, connecting with whanau and other positive activities
• Implement kawa and tikanga into daily routines
• Run the household as your own with regular cleaning, laundry, food shopping and gardening for the home
• Work with the Team Manager and Counsellor to discuss child behaviour and appropriate parenting strategies.
• Ensure thorough handover notes, alerts, updates and information is passed to the kaimahi on the next shift.

Suitable applicants will have:

• Previous experience or employment in youth or cares support, especially with tamariki who have lived in high stress, traumatic home environments. 
• A tertiary qualification in Youth Work and/or Health and Wellbeing Level 3 or similar qualification
• A current First Aid Certificate (ideally)
• A Full, current Drivers license
• The ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour in a calm and respectful way. 
• The ability to easily connect and listen to young people while maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Life experience providing loving, safe, stable, nurturing, home environments and whānau relationships

Core Children Worker Police Vetting and CYRUS (Oranga Tamariki) Vetting and a Physical Functional test are part of the selection process.

If you have the skills and qualities we are looking for – please apply TODAY! 

Please include:

· A Covering letter

· Up to date CV 

· Applicable Qualifications 

Applications close: Monday 27th July 2026.