Personal Assistant, Female - Immediate start

Edinburgh

£12 per hour

28 days holiday entitlement

£0.30 of travel allowance

ABOUT THE JOB:

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer, however due to the nature of this position, this post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010. In this instance there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement to recruit Female applicants only.

Social Care Alba are looking for a Support Worker / Personal Assistant who will be responsible for the day-to-day care, delivering personalized and outcome-based care, allowing customers to live a full an active life.

To provide emotional and physical support to individuals and their families. To facilitate independence by working in a dignified and respectful way.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a similar role

• SVQ 2 or equivalent in Health or Social Care

YOU SKILLS

• Basic - Knowledge of health and safety.

• Basic - Understanding of health & social care best practice.

• Good - Attention to detail.

• Good - Time management, and planning.

• Good - Ability to work independently with initiative.

• Good - Communication across different audiences

• Excellent - Compassionate, trustworthy, and reliability

WHAT WE OFFER: People are at the heart of everything we do, so we continue to invest in our staff to ensure they are happy, motivated, well-trained and supported.

• Visa support
• Travel expenses
• Guaranteed hours
• Competitive salary
• 28 days paid holidays
• Great employee benefits
• Your own Buddy to support you
• Paid induction and full training
• Generous Refer a friend Scheme
• Access to our mentorship program
• Opportunities for career development
• Employers contribution into your pension
• Participation to social occasions and events
• Access to education and learning resources
• On-going support with paid specialist training

WORKING WITH SOCIAL CARE ALBA

Indeed - "There is a great staff team who are keen to help a new member of staff integrate into the service."

Glassdoor - "Flexible hours, amazing colleagues, great investment in training and development, nice clients"

Google - "Excellent service and very friendly staff"

Care Inspectorate - “New care staff undertook comprehensive induction training which covered the key skills and knowledge required to provide care. They were supported well, being assigned a "buddy" and there was very regular contact and support from the team leaders.”

Responsibilities

Supporting service users, including assisting with:

• Advocacy and being a Key Worker.

• Catheter care, moving and assisting.

• Promotion of equality and people’s rights.

• Social visits, meal preparation and shopping.

• Reporting incidents, accidents, or complaints.

• Medication, washing dressing, continence promotion.

Managing personal workload, including:

• Logging into and out of every visit.

• Attending and contributing to meetings.

• Updating electronic records such as daily notes.

• Keeping updated with care legislation and SCA policies.

• Attending all relevant training and development programs.

Simply click on the link to be directed to our site to complete our application process; this takes just a few minutes, and we’ll give you a quick call to proceed.