Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)

Location: Helensburgh, G84 8TF.

Salary: GBP10.90 per hour.

Contract: Part time, Full time and Sessional contracts available.

Alice loves to live life to the fullest. With a love for music Alice is often on the karaoke mic belting out her favourite tunes. Alice also loves movies and home baking. Alice likes trips out as long as there is a McDonald s involved or her other favourite fish and chips.

Alice is moving into her own new home Alice is really excited about this and looking forward to- doing her own housework with support from her support staff Alice can become overwhelmed so it is really important to get the right people in to support Alice with this exciting new phase in their life.

As a Personal Assistant with Alice, you will be supporting Alice to maintain her independence as much as possible. This will involve supporting Alice in the new house and also encouraging Alice to get out and about in her local community building up networks and friendships, also being introduce to new activities.

Shifts will include earlies, evenings and sleepovers

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

Personal Assistants (Support Workers) have the most important role within ENABLE Scotland 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 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 Scotland 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.

About You

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

ENABLE Scotland 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 Scotland. 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!

About Us

ENABLE Scotland 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

• Generous Refer a Friend scheme

• GBP1000 Qualification Payment for successful applicants who hold a SVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland 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 Scotland 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 6 months of their start date.

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