Personal Assistant in Caol

ENABLE Scotland; Caol; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland is seeking Personal Assistants (Support Workers) in the Caol/Fort William area. You will help people to achieve their goals with care, companionship and practical support, including personal care, meals and mobility assistance.

Shifts include early mornings, mid-day and evenings; opportunities for both part-time and full-time hours are available. Join a charity focused on enabling people to live their best lives with dignity and safety.

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate approach to supporting people with diverse needs.
• Excellent communication with individuals, families and care teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care, mobility, meals and daily routines.
• Support individuals to engage in activities and maintain social connections.
• Observe health changes and report them to the supervisor promptly.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Caol/Fort William Area

Part Time and Full Time hours available

6.30am - 12pm and 4.30pm - 8.30pm

£13.45 per hour

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 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 withEnable is as rewarding as it is diverse, Personal Assistants at their besthave the potential to truly bring out the bestin the people we support.

You will be supporting a variety of people within their own homes with a variety of needs. You will support these people to enable them to live their life to the fullest. This includes potentially supporting with personal care, prompting and preparing meals, prompt of medication must more important just having a good chat. It will also include observation changes in health and ensuring these changes are recorded and escalated. It is a rewarding feeling leaving someone's house knowing you have supporting them to start their day, supported them with a meal or helped them get ready for bed

Let us introduceyou to Agnes, Keith and Mark:

Agnes lives in her own home in with her son. Agnes is a very socialable person and like to be part of the community and regularly visits her friends. Agnes likes to be independent as much as possibly but does require support with meal preparation, and personal care and support with mobility.

Keith has cerebral palsy and has a very outgoing personality and great sense of humour. Keith enjoys likeminded people and likes people who are chatty and like to have a laugh.

Mark lives in his own home and enjoys attending a lunch club where he meets his friends and has a meal. Mark is very independent but does have dementia this means he can become forgetful in his day to day life. Mark is quite a reserved man but if you can find something to talk about that he enjoys he will openly converse in the topic. John requires support with personal care , meal preparation and medication.

That is why Agnes, Keith and Mark need you! Will you bring your best so that they can live their best life?

If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Agnes, Keith and Mark to get the most out of life; then Enable needs you and your values to help us create an equal society for every person we support. 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!