Personal Assistant (PA) / Support Worker - Job ref: ER/FP - 26 (North Lanarkshire)

GCIL North Lanarkshire; Airdrie; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

GCIL South Lanarkshire invites applications for a Night Shift Female Personal Assistant to support a young woman at her home in Airdrie. The role focuses on overnight, person-centred care, ensuring safety, comfort and wellbeing during the night.

The role involves personal care, mobility assistance, medication support where required, and the ability to work independently while maintaining a calm environment. Training is provided; 4 nights per week max.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring or support roles preferred.
• Ability to work night shifts with calm and patient approach.
• Driver with access to a manual vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Attend to personal care needs during night shift (showering, dressing, toileting).
• Assist with mobility and use of a manual wheelchair when required.
• Provide medication support as needed and monitor wellbeing.
• Maintain a safe, comfortable, and supportive environment overnight.
• Support with daily living tasks to promote independence.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Driver

Mobility assistance

Household support

Job description

Personal Assistant (PA) / Support Worker - Job ref: ER/FP - 26 (North Lanarkshire)

Night Shift - Female Personal Assistant Required

Location: Airdrie

Hours of work: 10:00pm to 10:00am

Positions available for up to 4 nights per week (up to max 48 hours)

Job share opportunities available and days negotiable

Rate of Pay: £14.00 per hour

Opportunity for additional hours to cover annual leave and sickness where available

A caring and reliable Female Personal Assistant is required to support a young woman with physical and neurological disabilities who lives in the Airdrie area.

You will be supporting a young woman within her home during the night, helping to ensure she feels safe, comfortable, and reassured. The role will involve providing person-centred overnight support in line with the young woman's individual needs, including assistance with personal care, mobility, medication support where required, and maintaining a calm and comfortable environment throughout the night.

Applications are currently invited for Night Shift Female Personal Assistants to provide overnight support within the young woman's home. This rewarding role would suit someone who is compassionate, proactive, and committed to promoting independence and wellbeing.

Duties Include

• Attending to all personal care needs, including showering, dressing and toileting


• Assisting with medication as required


• Providing reassurance and support throughout the night


• Supporting mobility needs, including assistance with a manual wheelchair where required


• Light household duties


• Assisting with daily living tasks to promote independence


• Maintaining a safe and comfortable environment overnight


• Female applicants only (Genuine Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010)


• Driver essential, with willingness to drive a manual mobility vehicle


• Good interpersonal and communication skills


• Warm, friendly, and caring nature


• Ability to work independently and use initiative


• Previous care or support experience is preferred but not essential, as full training will be provided.

If you are caring, dependable, and passionate about making a positive difference in a young woman's life, applications are welcomed. We are looking for individuals who can provide high-quality, person-centred support and help the young woman maintain her independence, dignity, and wellbeing.

NOTES TO CANDIDATES

If selected for the next stage of the recruitment process, you will be contacted directly to arrange the next steps.

If you are successfully hired; you will be employed directly by a Private Employer on a PAYE basis and will be entitled to all statutory rights as set out by Employment Law such as paid holidays and statutory sick pay (where eligible).

Please note: This job is advertised by GCIL South Lanarkshire on behalf of a Personal Employer, we are not the employer or an employment/recruitment agency. Our role is to assist with the recruitment process and Employer’s responsibilities.

GCIL South Lanarkshire is a Self-Directed Support service based in South Lanarkshire, providing information and assistance to enable all eligible people to explore the 4 options for independent living outlined in the Self-Directed Support Act, now in force. GCIL South Lanarkshire is part of Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL), which is an established Disabled People's Organisation, with many years of experience assisting people to maximise their preferred support needs.

For more information please contact:

GCIL South Lanarkshire

To be discussed at the Interview / Next stage – Competitive rate (dependent on experience)