Personal Assistant in Helensburgh - 489173

Enable; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plans

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

SVQ Health and Social Care funded

Job summary

Enable is seeking Personal Assistants in Helensburgh to support Nicole in her home, with a 30-hour workweek and shift pattern from 10am to 10pm including overnight supports. The role focuses on enabling Nicole to live as independently as possible in her own tenancy.

No prior care experience is required; we value your values and transferable skills and provide full training to help you succeed in this rewarding, varied role.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; we recruit on values and transferrable skills.
• Full training and induction provided to help you succeed in the role.

Responsibilities

• Support Nicole with personal care and daily activities as requested.
• Assist with moving and handling and implement Nicole's care plans.
• Help Nicole engage in community activities, hobbies and social outings.

Job description

About The Role

Helensburgh

30 hours / week

Shift Pattern 10am to 10pm with overnight supports. 10am finish

£13.45 / hour

Female Support only

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 introduce you to Nicole

Nicole is a young woman who lives in her own tenancy where she receives one to one support. She loves likes to keep her home clean and tidy and can do most of this herself. Nicole requires prompts with her personal care

Nicole loves music and knows the words and actions to most songs. She loves dancing and excercise classes on her projector and she loves movies, especially Disney movies. Nicole enjoys arts and crafts as well as assisting with her meal preparations.

She is very caring and loves chatting, listening and playing games.

Nicole needs her team to be patient, routine focused and to follow her plans as this allows Nicole to enjoy her home and activities.

Nicole is looking to open up new opportunities for herself to begin going out and about in her community as she is not always able to do this and needs a Personal Assistant who can assist her to build confidence and open up the new things with her.

Nicole can communicate verbally and also uses PECS to assist with planning her day and activities.

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

About You

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!

About Us

Enable is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and other support requirements. 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
• Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications - required for SSSC registration

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.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

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

*terms & conditions apply