PERSONAL ASSISTANT- DE PAUL HOUSE
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 who requires support to achieve their goals and outcomes – whatever they may be!
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.
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.
Located in Govan, DePaul House is a residential support service for young adults transitioning into independent living. Having a full flat to myself, which is one of the 9 flats, in the project gives me my own space and I have the option to come to communal areas if I want to, so it is a good balance.
As a young adult who has experienced trauma and adverse childhood experiences, including separation and loss this at times has caused me to display what others see as challenging behaviour. I would like to grow and gain independent living skills which include managing money, shopping and cooking skills, managing my health, building my training and employability skills and addressing any addictive behaviours.
To achieve this I would like someone to support me by helping me to access resources like mental, physical and sexual health services, create budget plans and weekly shopping lists, help me keep my flat tidy and laundry up to date, access addiction services, offer me weekly flat checks and monthly key sessions and support me to recognise my own potential and self worth through self-esteem building achievements.
To ensure 24 hour support is provided to the people we support the role of project worker does include overnight support, weekend working and shift work which includes a mixture of early and late shifts
As a Personal Assistant at De Paul House you will poses excellent communication and organisational skills as well as the ability to adapt approach to each person we support to ensure a person centred and trauma informed practice.
We are looking for someone who is genuinely driven to improve the lives of young adults and who is able to see that every behaviour is a form of expression and can by gaining a nurturing relationship help to breakdown barriers and support a young adult to build strategies to manage emotions. You will need resilience, compassion, empathy, patience, humour, boundaries, consistency and to feel passionate about supporting young adults to thrive and go through their own journey to independent living.
A positive and flexible outlook to your work, and be able to work on your own and as part of a team.
We believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. Introduction to autism
Adult support and protection
Child support and protection
First Aid
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*
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.