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ENABLE Scotland; Largs; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

Job summary

ENABLE Scotland is seeking Personal Assistants (Support Workers) to help people we support live their best lives in a supported living setting in Largs. You will work closely with individuals to promote independence, social participation and wellbeing every day.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, moving and handling and implementing Positive Behaviour Support plans. Training is provided and progression opportunities exist within our award-winning social care charity.

Qualifications

• Role involves supporting individuals with personal care, moving and handling, and positive behavioural support.
• All staff receive training; staff are trained for epilepsy and autism.
• Successful applicants must register with SSSC within 3 months of start date.

Responsibilities

• Support Billy and others in daily activities and routines.
• Accompany outings and promote social connections.
• Monitor wellbeing and respond to changing needs.

Skills

Moving and Handling

Positive Behaviour Support

Autism awareness

First Aid

Education

SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications

Job description

Shift Pattern- Monday to Sunday between 8am to 9pm

Driver required

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 Billy:

Billy lives within a supported living accommodation with staff supporting him 8am-9pm Monday- Sunday. Billy enjoys going out with staff using his car to places like discos, the beach, long walks, bowling or to the gym. Billy also likes to go a walk into Largs town to have a look at the fairground rides and enjoys an ice cream every so often. Sometimes Billy also enjoy just to have a day in the house watching movies, colouring and flicking through his magazines. Billy has autism which means he likes his routine of how his day goes and sometimes there can be challenging days but staff are trained to support Billy in the best way and to follow his Positive Behaviour Plan. Billy also has epilepsy so his staff are trained around this but this is controlled by medication.

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

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.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

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

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