Personal Assistant, Hurlford

About The Role

Hurlford, East Ayrshire

Various Contracts available; Full time, part time, sessional

Various shift patterns including sleepovers

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 Scotland 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. Lets introduce you to some of the people you could be supporting;

Martin Lives in his own home and is supported with all aspects of daily life, he also has a Stoma Care for which you will receive full training - Marin is supported 07am until 10pm where a responder takes over. Martin has his own car and loves day trips to the seaside where he can walk along the water, or be supported in his wheelchair to take walks along the river.

Jack lives in a supported accommodation building in his own home, and requires support with all aspects of his daily life, he loves to go and visits animals especiaires support with all aspects of daily life, she has a very active and busy social life where she meets friends and goes for lunch and attends activities around the area. Caroline has her own car to support her to attend all of these activities, she also has a very good sense of humour and loves to be mischievous. Caroline is supported from 8am until 9pm at night.

Declan is a young man who lives in his own tenancy with a sleepover. Declan requires support with all aspects of daily living and also to keep him safe with his Epilepsy medication. Declan has his own car and likes to get about the local area. Declan is looking for new activities for his to become involved in. Declan's shifts are from 10am until 10am the following day with a sleepover.

Donald lives in his own home and is supported to with some aspects of daily life, he can do most things for himself and follows his local Football Team Kilmarnock, Donald also attends groups and activities and sometimes requires support to do this. He has various different shift times.

We are also looking to expand our responder team where you would be supporting various individuals overnight if they require it from 10pm unil 8am.

About You

If you think you share the same interests and have the commitment, dedication, and above all, desire to support people 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*

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.

*terms & conditions apply