Personal Assistant for Jordan

ENABLE Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland in East Kilbride is recruiting Personal Assistants (Support Workers) to help people with learning disabilities live their best lives. The role includes assisting with personal care, moving and handling, and behavioural support as needed, within a bespoke support framework.

We offer 36 and 24 hour contracts with an 8am–8pm dayshift. No previous care experience is required; we value your values and transferable skills to create the right match for each person we support.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required.
• Able to communicate clearly with people you support.
• Strong people skills and a patient, respectful approach.

Responsibilities

• Adapt your communication style to build positive relationships with the people we support.
• Support individuals through their personal support plans to help them reach goals and outcomes.
• Be flexible and work both independently and as part of a team in a changing environment.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Adaptability

Teamwork

Job description

East Kilbride

36 & 24 hour contracts available

Shift pattern; 8am - 8pm dayshift

£14.95 / hour (£13.45 per hour plus £1.50 market supplement)

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

Personal Assistants (Support Workers) have the most important role within Enableby 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.

Let us introduceyou to Jordan:

Jordan is a young man who is in his early 20's, he has moved around a lot and now settled back in his local area, Jordan enjoys technology and WWE, he sees the world differently and requires routines and boundaries to feel safe. Jordan will be working towards accessing his local community again and at the moment likes to watch you tube and spend time researching topics that he enjoys, Jordan can communicate verbally his choices and his team of personal assistants would support him to ensure that he is making good choices and only requires prompts to ensure that he is managing his daily life in a structured way. Over time Jordan would benefit from developing life skills to allow him to live as independently as possible within his new home.

That is why Jordan needs you! Will you bring your best so that Jordan can live his best life?

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.