Job Description
About The Role
BUSBY
15 HOURS PER WEEK
SHIFT PATTERN - 9am-10pm followed by overnight support and then 7am-9am the next day
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 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.
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.
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.
Let us introduce you to Michael :
Michael lives in his own home and receives 24-hour, 1-1 support. Michael has a good sense of humour and enjoys some banter. He enjoys the company of others and sometimes likes quiet time with his support staff. It is important for Michael that his support team are light-hearted and have a positive attitude whilst having the confidence to follow his support needs consistently and in detail.
It is essential that Michael has a steady team. He likes to get to know his staff on a 1:1 basis as he enjoys seeing them and spending time with each of them. He is looking for structure within his life. It is important that his staff help him maintain a positive outlook which at times Michael can find difficult. This is essential to maintaining his mental health and wellbeing.
Michael follows a healthy eating plan which his staff team follow with him. He likes to get involved by choosing his meals as part of this. He likes exploring sporting activities such as football, and badminton as part of leading a healthier lifestyle but as he has got older, he tires very easily which has to be taken into account. He also enjoys going ten pin bowling and listens to a wide variety of music and in particularly fond of 80’s music. He also likes to collect and read catalogues. It is important that Michael's support team have a sense of adventure, are enthusiastic and willing to support Michael to try new things.
Michael also loves going out in his own car, therefore the ability for staff to drive is essential. It is important that he build links within his community maintaining existing relationships with people in his community as well as forming new ones.
That is why Michael needs you! Will you bring your best so that Michael can live his best life?
About You
If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support Michael 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 3 months of their start date.
*terms & conditions apply