Personal Assistant - De Paul House - Sessional

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. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of De Paul House service. Located in Govan, De Paul House is a residential support service for young adults transitioning into independent living. It is a supportive environment where our residents work towards gaining the necessary skills to secure and maintain a tenancy of their own.

As a young adult who has experienced trauma and adverse childhood experiences, 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.

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! 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.

As a Personal Assistant at De Paul House, you will possess excellent communication and organisational skills as well as the ability to adapt your 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 break down 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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.