Job Description

George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, UK

\xc2\xa310.90 - \xc2\xa311.25 per hour, DOE

Permanent

Health and Medicine, Social Care

19/07/2023

Social Care Alba are now recruiting for a Personal Assistant!

Personal Assistant, Female \xe2\x80\x93 Immediate start

Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, EH8 9LD
Salary: \xc2\xa310.90 \xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa311.25 per hour, DOE
Contract: Full time

Why choose Social Care Alba

• Visa support
• Competitive salary
• 20% uplift for overtime
• Employers\xe2\x80\x99 contribution into your pension
• Health and Wellbeing Activities
• Travel expenses
• A clear career pathway
• Guaranteed hours
• Opportunities for career development-Support from SVQ to Degree
• Your own Buddy and access to our Mentorship progress
• Paid Induction & Full training
• Generous Refer a friend scheme
• Participation to social occasions and events (Foodie Fridays)
• Access to education and learning resources
• On-going support with paid specialist training
• Open-door\xe2\x80\x99 policy so you can drop in to talk or have a coffee, Fruits & Snacks.

Sound Good, then read on?

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.

Support Worker / Personal Assistant \xe2\x80\x93 The Role:

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

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

Supporting service users, including assisting with:

• Advocacy and being a Key Worker.
• Catheter care, moving and assisting.
• Promotion of equality and people\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

Support Worker / Personal Assistant \xe2\x80\x93 Candidate specification:

• 2 years or more experience in a similar role desirable
• SVQ 2 or equivalent in Health or Social Care desirable
• Basic \xe2\x80\x93 Knowledge of health and safety.
• Basic \xe2\x80\x93 Understanding of health & social care best practice.
• Good \xe2\x80\x93 Attention to detail.
• Good \xe2\x80\x93 Time management, and planning.
• Good \xe2\x80\x93 Ability to work independently with initiative.
• Good \xe2\x80\x93 Communication across different audiences
• Excellent \xe2\x80\x93 Compassionate, trustworthy, and reliability

Experience of the following an advantage: Care Worker, Social worker, Home Carer, Case worker, Care assistant, Social Care

Working with Social Care Alba

Indeed \xe2\x80\x93 \xe2\x80\x9cThere is a great staff team who are keen to help a new member of staff integrate into the service.\xe2\x80\x9d

Glassdoor \xe2\x80\x93 \xe2\x80\x9cFlexible hours, amazing colleagues, great investment in training and development, nice clients\xe2\x80\x9d

Google \xe2\x80\x93 \xe2\x80\x9cExcellent service and very friendly staff\xe2\x80\x9d

Care Inspectorate \xe2\x80\x93 \xe2\x80\x98New care staff undertook comprehensive induction training which covered the key skills and knowledge required to provide care. They were supported well, being assigned a \xe2\x80\x9cbuddy\xe2\x80\x9d and there was very regular contact and support from the team leaders.\xe2\x80\x99

How to apply:

Simply click \xe2\x80\x98APPLY NOW\xe2\x80\x99 to be directed to our site to complete our application process; this takes just a few minutes, and we\xe2\x80\x99ll give you a quick call to proceed. It\xe2\x80\x99s as easy as that!

No agencies please.

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