Personal Assistant in Lochgilphead

ENABLE Scotland; Lochgilphead; Remote; GBP 27,552,000 - 30,307,000; Full time

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland in Lochgilphead is seeking Personal Assistants (Support Workers) to provide essential care and support to adults with learning disabilities. The role is 30 hours per week with a shift pattern that varies and rota provided at least 1 month in advance; overnight support may be required.

You will help with personal care, moving and handling, and positive behavioural support while helping people to grow their social networks and achieve goals.

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt communication style to individuals.
• Commitment to work with personal support plans to help people reach goals.
• Positive and flexible attitude; able to work independently or in a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with personal care as required.
• Support with moving and handling as needed.
• Provide positive behavioural support and uphold safety.
• Help expand social networks and community connections.
• Work within person-centred recruitment and bespoke matching processes.

Skills

Effective communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Job description

Lochgilphead

30 hours / week

Shift Pattern varies and you will have your rota at least 1 month in advance. Overnight support required.

£13.45 / hour

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 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.

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.

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.