Personal Assistant - Arden - sessional

ARDEN PROJECT GOVANHILL AND MOUNT FLORIDA AREASSESSIONAL

Are you interested in working for an award winning social care charity?

Personal Assistants (Mental Health Support) 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!

Each person we support has different support requirements, so your support worker role 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. So whatever your interests are; be it sewing, baking, having a cup of tea and chat to horse riding, swimming or hill-walking, we want to hear from you!

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.

The Arden Project is situated across three areas in the Southside of Glasgow, Arden, Mount Florida and Govanhill. The service provides housing support to people with mental health and aims to enable people to live independently in their local community. Though staff are present 24 hours per day, support is based on individually assessed hours tailored to the needs, wants, wishes and lifestyle choices of the people who use the service.

Help transform lives like B's.

My name is B and I live in my own tenancy. The staff team at the Arden Project support me to manage my mental health. The staff team support me to live independently, they encourage me to complete household tasks, manage my medication and manage my money. The staff team also support me to access the local community. I enjoy going on outings locally for a coffee or lunch and also further afield to places such as Ayr and Largs.

I also enjoy spending time in my own home listening to music, watching TV or playing my Nintendo switch. I like when staff support me during my social time to do the activities I enjoy.

Due to my mental health conditions, sometimes my mood can be a bit low. The staff team support me through this by listening to me when I speak about my feelings and supporting me to make and attend health appointments. It is essential that I attend these to keep my physical and mental health as well as possible.

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!

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 are reflected in our person-centred recruitment processes.