Care Support Worker (Personal Assistant)Enable Scotland are recruiting for a Care Support Worker Location: Perth, PH2 8DX.
Salary: £12.00 per hour.
Contract: Part time, 20 hours / week and overnight support shifts available.
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 support worker role may include assisting them with various aspects of personal care, moving and handling or positive behavioural support whilst expanding their social networks and connections.
Michael lives in his own tenancy and needs support to keep his house and garden looking nice. He is a very busy man who works on the farm three days each week. He also likes to keep busy swimming, walking and visiting friends on other farms. In the evening he likes to relax with his iPad, watch a movie, go swimming or visit friends.
Michael's staff support him with all aspects of his life, including shopping, cooking, appointments etc. The hours are 16-hour shifts with overnight support. Michael enjoys his life and needs staff who can drive his car so that they can go for drives and get out and about.
Michael likes staff who listen to him and are fun!
About You If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support individuals to get the most out of life and become an inclusive member of society; 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 transferable 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!
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
The ability to adapt your communication style in order to develop successful and enjoyable relationships with the people we support.The commitment to work with individuals through their personal support plans to ensure people achieve their goals and outcomes and celebrate their successes.A positive and flexible outlook to your work, and be able to work on your own and as part of a team.If this is you, then please click the link to apply now. Every person we support has their own hobbies and interests, likes and dislikes, which is reflected in our person-centred recruitment processes. So, please give us as much detail about you to allow us to carry out our bespoke matching service.
About Us 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 thinkingIntroduction to autismEpilepsy awarenessMoving and HandlingAdult support and protectionChild support and protectionFirst AidPositive Behaviour SupportWe 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 ProgrammeCycle to Work Scheme*Season Ticket Loans*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.
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