Mental Health Support Worker jobs in Auckland

Governess / Childcare and Cultural Support Worker

Location: Auckland
Pay: NZD $50,000 to $60,000 per year
Hours: Guaranteed minimum of 35 hours per week

We are a family based in Auckland looking for a caring, reliable, and responsible Governess / Childcare and Cultural Support Worker to support the care, supervision, and development of our young children.

This role is suitable for someone who enjoys working with children and can help create a safe, structured, and positive home environment. We are also hoping to help our children stay connected with their ethnic culture, including language, values, traditions, and daily cultural practices.

Key duties include:

• Planning and implementing age-appropriate care, supervision, and learning activities for children.
• Supervising and arranging activities that support the children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.
• Helping children with daily routines, including waking up, washing, dressing, eating, and preparing for educational and recreational activities.
• Supervising children during domestic activities such as meals, hygiene routines, and general home routines.
• Encouraging positive behaviour, maintaining discipline, and supporting family rules and behaviour standards.
• Providing emotional support and guidance to children in a caring and respectful way.
• Supporting children’s cultural learning, including exposure to ethnic language, traditions, values, stories, songs, celebrations, and everyday cultural practices.
• Assisting with communication and activities that help the children understand and appreciate their cultural background.
• Maintaining a safe, secure, and clean environment for the children.
• Reporting any concerns about the children’s wellbeing, behaviour, or safety to the parents.
• Assisting with other reasonable childcare-related duties as required.

Skills OR qualifications required:

Applicants must have at least one of the following:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in childcare, supervision, education support, youth care, or a similar role; or
• A high school certificate or equivalent qualification.

Preferred but not required:

• Mandarin language skills.
• Experience supporting children with language learning or cultural development.
• Experience working in a private family, childcare, education, or youth support setting.

The successful applicant must be patient, trustworthy, responsible, and genuinely interested in supporting children’s care, learning, and development. They must also be respectful of the family’s culture and values.

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Will you require Visa Sponsorship?

Work Location: In person