Personal Assistant for Joe in Livingston

ENABLE Scotland; Michigan; On-site; USD 20,000 - 28,000; Part 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 a Personal Assistant to support Joe in Livingston. This role offers 30 hours per week across varied contracts, with shifts such as 9am overnight support, 9am-9pm, 9-5, and 2pm-9pm. £13.45 per hour. You will help Joe lead an independent life and participate in daily activities within the home and community.

No prior care experience is required; Enable values your transferable skills, patience, good communication and a positive attitude.

Qualifications

• You don’t need experience in care to start a social care career with Enable.

Responsibilities

• Duties include supporting Joe within his home and day-to-day activities.
• Assist with personal care, moving and handling when required.
• Support with gardening, cooking and money management.
• Help maintain tenancy and keep the home clean and tidy.

Skills

Patience

Communication

Sense of fun

Job description

Personal Assistant for Joe in Livingston

30 HOURS PER WEEK - Various contracts available

9am Overnight support -9am ,

9am-9pm, 9-5pm, 2pm-9pm

£13.45 per 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 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 Joe:

We are three men looking for personal supporters to work in the West Lothian area, to provide flexible, personalised support to enable us to lead an independent life. We each have our own unique personalities.

I am outgoing, know my own mind, I like to have a good laugh and banter with others. I enjoy a variety of sports, including Boccia, and I like going out for drives in the car. The other gentleman are quiet, very active, enjoys playing computer games, socialising with others, dancing, bowling and indoor curling.

Duties will include supporting us within our own home and day to day activities that we like to participate in. We require support to maintain our tenancy agreement, ensuring the house is kept clean and tidy to a high standard, we also require assistance with gardening, cooking and money management.

Personal care tasks are also required. We enjoy many activities and are very active! These include bowling, going out for lunch, indoor curling, tea-dances, watching shows, going to the cinema, supporting friendships. We also like many indoor activities including dominos, arts and crafts, and scrapbooking. Support will also be required when we go on our individual holidays throughout the year. You need to be patient, with good communication skills and a sense of fun.

That is why Joe needs you! Will you bring your best so that Joe 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

*terms & conditions apply

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.

About YouIf you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Joe to get the most out of life; then 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!