Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)
TribePost
- Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire
- £11.50 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary: £11.50 per hour (£10.90 + £0.60 market supplement).
Contract: 16- and 32-hour contracts available. Shift pattern is 8am-10pm plus sleepover.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 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 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 MeThe 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 Isla:Isla loves spending time at home, watching her favourite programmes on STV and films, especially any with Colin Firth or Hugh Grant. A fan of the Royal Family, Isla loves to keep up to date on all things royal and would love to visit Buckingham Palace one day.Isla also enjoys, on the odd occasion, social activities out with the home however recently this has caused heightened anxiety for Isla and must be planned and managed very well by her staff team. Isla benefits from structure and routine and likes to have a flow to her day and her team members will be committed to maintaining this. You will work with Isla and her existing support team to develop her support plan and build on existing interests as her confidence grows.It is essential you are an effective communicator with a calm demeanour, methodical approach and a can do attitude.That is why Isla needs you! Will you bring your best so that Isla can live her best life?About YouIf you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Isla 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 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 UsEnable 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
- 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