Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)

Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)

Location: Caol and Fort William area
Salary: £13.45 per hour
Contract: Full time and Part time hours available

*6.30am – 12pm and 4.30pm – 8.30pm

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 people with support needs 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.

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.

You will be supporting a variety of people within their own homes with a variety of needs. You will support these people to enable them to live their life to the fullest. This includes potentially supporting with personal care, prompting and preparing meals, prompt of medication must more important just having a good chat. It will also include observation changes in health and ensuring these changes are recorded and escalated. It is a rewarding feeling leaving someone's house knowing you have supporting them to start their day, supported them with a meal or helped them get ready for bed.

Let us introduce you to Agnes, Keith and Mark:

Agnes lives in her own home in with her son. Agnes is a very socialable person and like to be part of the community and regularly visits her friends. Agnes likes to be independent as much as possibly but does require support with meal preparation, and personal care and support with mobility.

Keith has cerebral palsy and has a very outgoing personality and great sense of humour. Keith enjoys likeminded people and likes people who are chatty and like to have a laugh.

Mark lives in his own home and enjoys attending a lunch club where he meets his friends and has a meal. Mark is very independent but does have dementia this means he can become forgetful in his day to day life.  Mark is quite a reserved man but if you can find something to talk about that he enjoys he will openly converse in the topic. John requires support with personal care , meal preparation and medication.

That is why Agnes, Keith and Mark need you! Will you bring your best so that they can live their best life?

About You

If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Agnes, Keith and Mark  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 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!

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.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.

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

*Terms & Conditions apply