Personal Assistant - Cherrywood

ENABLE Scotland; Johnstone; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland is hiring for Personal Assistants at Elderslie to support adults with learning disabilities during night shifts. The role involves personal care, moving and handling, and helping individuals engage with their local community.

Two post options are available: 20 and 30 hours per week, offering flexible part-time work and a rewarding opportunity to make a daily difference. As a Personal Assistant, you will work within a bespoke team around each person to ensure safety, wellbeing and

Qualifications

• Assisting with personal care
• Moving and handling
• Positive behavioural support
• Expanding individuals' social networks and community participation

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and daily living assistance to adults with varying support needs
• Assist with mobility and transferring tasks as required
• Support individuals with transitions and behavioural support plans
• Encourage participation in local community activities and social events

Job description

Elderslie

Night shift

9:30pm-7:30am

20 and 30 hour posts available

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 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 introduceyou to our service:

At the service in Elderslie we support 9 adults with learning disabilities.
The service is compromised of 2 bungalows which is adapted to meet the needs of the people who live there.
At the service we support the individuals with all aspects of their daily life, from meal prep and household tasks to medication and going out to access the local and wider community.
Each of the indiviudals we support has their own interests from music and dancing to movies or massage. Supporting each person in a person centred way is key to ensuring each individual gets the most out of their life and live this they way they wish.