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Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)
Location: Elgin, IV30 6YQ.
Salary: £12.00 per hour.
Contract: Part time – 16 or 24 hours / week. Various shift pattern including weekend work and overnight support.
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!
In Elgin we have 6 individuals who live in their independent bungalows requiring full support. They are unique and amazing each in their own way. It is our responsibility to ensure they have the best possible life they can and are supported to achieve the goals they are working towards. We are recruiting for bespoke members of staff for each team in line with our PA Model. Let me introduce you to a couple of people we support and hopefully you think you would be a match.
First lets talk about Lenny:
Lenny has a passion for dinosaurs, the great outdoors, and nature. He spends one day a week at an outdoor day centre, he volunteers at a local charity shop and one of his favourite past times is searching for the best bargains, he is always looking for different flavours of Fox's biscuits to try.
Lenny is incredibly kind and caring and likes to get to know his staff team and build strong relationships with them. He prefers it if they share one of his passions with him and gains a lot from an in-depth conversation about said subject.
We also have Ruth:
Ruth has a busy week working Monday to Friday 9am – 3.30pm. When she isn't at work she receives support in the evenings and at the weekend. Ruth is a social butterfly. She loves being out and about catching up with friends, hanging out at the local bowling alley and having fun at community discos.
At home Ruth is a fierce competitor at the game frustration and enjoys funny programmes such as Mr Bean. She relies on her staff team for emotional support but also to have fun and be silly with.
About You
If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Ruth 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 Us
Enable 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*
• Blue Light Card
Starting a career with Enable 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 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.
*terms & conditions apply