Personal Assistant in North Ayrshire

Enable; Scotland; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Personal Assistants to join their dynamic team. In this rewarding role, you will make a significant impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities by providing personalized support tailored to their unique needs. The organization values commitment and dedication, welcoming individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of prior experience in care. You will be part of a vibrant community, helping others achieve their goals while enjoying a range of staff benefits and extensive learning opportunities. If you are passionate about making a difference, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• No prior experience in care is necessary; values and transferable skills are prioritized.
• Commitment and dedication to supporting individuals with learning disabilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care and community access.
• Work collaboratively within a team to ensure safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Personal Care

Positive Behaviour Support

Moving and Handling

Communication Skills

Education

No formal qualifications required

Tools

First Aid

Person Centred Approaches

Job description

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About The Role

North Ayrshire

Sessional basis

Various shift patterns, including overnight support

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

Personal Assistants 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 with a learning disability to achieve their goals and outcomes – whatever they may be!

Each person we support has different support needs, 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, horse riding, swimming, or hill-walking, we want to hear from you!

You will be part of a team of Personal Assistants supporting people in their own home. Some supports will include Personal Care, and others may just be supporting people to access local/wider community. Each person will have their own team that will provide consistent support with any areas the individual requires support with.

Will you bring your best so that the people we support can live their best life?

About You

If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Daniel or Alan to get the most out of life, then please apply now!

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 transferable 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 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

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

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.

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