Personal Assistant (Support Worker)
Job Purpose
At Thistle, our Personal Assistants are inquisitive and bold. They are human rights defenders who are committed to working alongside people and supporting them to live life’s of meaning and purpose.
Job Details
We are looking for people to fill a variety of roles. This can include personal care, driving, and sleepovers/waking nights. We are looking for several part time staff who can work flexibly, creatively and can use their initiative to seek out different opportunities to enable people to live their best life. There are various hours available between 10hrs -20hrs per week.
If you’re passionate about what matters to people and to supporting someone to live a good life, we’d love to hear from you.
Applicants must have or be willing to work towards a qualification meeting the standards required for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
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What we offer
We are committed to supporting you to develop your skills as a practitioner and creating career development opportunities. At Thistle, you will have access to sector-leading training courses and be supported to achieve your SVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care accreditation.
Employee Benefits
•From 1st April, starting salary £12.60 per hour (£25, per annum (FTE)) rising to £12.90 per hour (£26, FTE)).
•Fantastic training (on full pay)
This includes enhanced learning in person-centred practice, leadership skills, IT and other bespoke training courses.
•SSSC registration paid for by Thistle
•Support to achieve SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
•Support from regular meetings with your team, Practice Development Facilitator or Coach
•Contributory pension scheme
•Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
•30 days of annual leave, increasing by 1 day/year up to 35 days
•Free Thistle Gym membership
•Membership of the HSF Health Plan