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ENABLE Scotland; Dalkeith; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland is hiring Personal Assistants to support adults with learning disabilities in South Ayrshire. You will work with individuals to help them achieve goals, accompany them to appointments, shops, and social activities while promoting independence and dignity.

The role emphasises empathy, patience, and a person-centred approach in a collaborative team environment. Training is provided, and staff participate in a comprehensive learning program including safeguarding, autism awareness,

Qualifications

• Kind, patient, motivated and committed team members are sought.
• Role involves supporting people with learning disabilities in daily life.
• SSSC registration within 3 months of start date is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily activities as needed.
• Support individuals to engage in community and activities.
• Provide person-centred support and monitor wellbeing.
• Record and communicate changes to the care team.

Skills

Person-centred approaches

Autism awareness

Epilepsy awareness

Moving Handling

Adult safeguarding

Child safeguarding

First Aid

Positive Behaviour Support

Job description

Personal Assistant in Troon, South Ayrshire

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 with a learning disability to achieve their goals and outcomes – whatever they may be!

Each person we support has different support needs, so your role as Support Worker 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. 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.

Let us introduce you to Our Mental Health Services in South Ayrshire:

Working in our Mental Health services is an incredibly rewarding role.

We support adults within their own homes in a private residential area in the centre of Ayr. Support is offered 24 hours a day including day shifts and nightshifts.

We offer a mixture of Female and Male supports dependent on choice and support needs.

We work collaboratively with the South Ayrshire Adult Mental Health Team to provide person centred support.

We are looking for kind, patient, motivated, and committed team members to help people we support to manage the symptoms of their mental health diagnosis and to lead fulfilling life.

A typical day for people we support in our Mental Health Services could be support to attend an appointment, going to the shops to ensure all the essentials are bought, a walk in the local community to find interest groups, or simply to get some fresh air.

In our mental health services, much valued support consists of Listening, understanding and responding to peoples needs.

About Us

Enable is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for motivated and driven individuals to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

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

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.

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