Personal Assistant - Mental Health - Nightshift

Enable Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Enable delivers compassionate care in Govanhill, Glasgow. We are seeking Personal Assistants (Mental Health Support) for night shifts to make a positive difference every day.

You will support individuals who require help to achieve their goals, with tasks including personal care, moving and handling, and behavioural support. This part-time role runs 24 hours per week, with night hours from 8pm to 8am, centered in the Govanhill area and associated services.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Support moving and handling safely.
• Provide Positive Behavioural Support and engage in social activities.
• Collaborate with a bespoke team to promote safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Personal care

Moving & handling

Behaviour support

Social engagement

Job description

Govanhill, Glasgow

Part Time- 24 hours / week nightshift

Shift Pattern - 8pm - 8am.

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

Personal Assistants (Mental Health Support) 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 inYouBrings Out the Best inMe

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 attheirbesthave the potential to truly bring outthebestin the people we support.

Annandale Street offers accommodation to elderly adults experiencing mental health issues. It’s a ground floor residence, with a homely, domestic feel. Each of the bedrooms is personalised and has its own en suite toilet. There is also a sheltered communal courtyard area, shower rooms, and a separate bathroom.

Help transform lives like M’s.

Hello, my name is M and I live in the Annandale project.

I love listening to a lot of music and love to dance; I am young at heart and love nothing more than having a laugh and joke with staff. I enjoy going out to the local shops and buying my favourite chocolate bars and cans of juice. I like watching movies on TV.

Are you ready to make a real difference to M and the other people we support at Southside older people’s services?