Personal Assistant

ENABLE Scotland; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

SVQ Health and Social Care funding

Job summary

Enable Scotland is recruiting Personal Assistants (Support Workers) to make a positive difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities. You may assist with personal care, moving and handling, or positive behavioural support while helping individuals expand their social networks and pursue goals.

We match each person with a bespoke team to ensure safety, wellbeing and aspirations. No previous care experience is required; we value your values and transferable skills and will train you

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; values and transferable skills welcomed.
• Ability to adapt communication style to build successful relationships with the people we support.
• Commitment to person-centred approaches and planning with individuals.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care, moving and handling or positive behavioural support as needed.
• Help individuals expand their social networks and pursue goals/outcomes.
• Work collaboratively in a bespoke team to ensure safety, wellbeing and aspirations are met.
• Support planning and decision-making aligned with each person’s support plans.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Adaptability

Teamwork

Job description

Are you interested in working for an award winning social care charity?

Personal Assistants (Support Workers) have the most important role within Enable by making a positive difference every day to the lives of the people we support. No two days are the same for our Personal Assistants but what we can guarantee is that you will be supporting someone who requires support to achieve their goals and outcomes – whatever they may be!

Each person we support has different support requirements, so your support worker role may include assisting them with various aspects of personal care, moving and handling or positive behavioural support whilst expanding their social networks and connections.

Enable creates a bespoke team around every individual we support, and our team of Personal Assistants work collaboratively to ensure the safety, wellbeing and aspirations of the people we support are met.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

The people we support have many varied interests and hobbies and have many of the same dreams and aspirations as we do; they just too often do not get the opportunity to experience these same opportunities. So whatever your interests are; be it sewing, baking, having a cup of tea and chat to horse riding, swimming or hill-walking, we want to hear from you!

A career with Enable is as rewarding as it is diverse, Personal Assistants at their best have the potential to truly bring out the best in the people we support.

About Us

We believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:

Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking

Introduction to autism

Epilepsy awareness

Moving and Handling

Adult support and protection

Child support and protection

First Aid

Positive Behaviour Support

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme*

Season Ticket Loans*

Blue Light Card

Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.

*terms & conditions apply

About You

If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support individuals to get the most out of life and become an inclusive member of society; then

Enable needs you and your values to help us create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

You don’t need experience in care to start your social care career with Enable. We recruit people based on their values and transferrable skills. Wherever your journey has taken you up until now, join us, and together we will forge a new path in what could potentially be the most rewarding role you have ever had!

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• The ability to adapt your communication style in order to develop successful and enjoyable relationships with the people we support.
• The commitment to work with individuals through their personal support plans to ensure people achieve their goals and outcomes and celebrate their successes.
• A positive and flexible outlook to your work, and be able to work on your own and as part of a team.

If this is you, then

Every person we support has their own hobbies and interests, likes and dislikes, which is reflected in our person-centred recruitment processes. So, please give us as much detail about you to allow us to carry out our bespoke matching service.