Personal Assistant (Support Worker)
Job Purpose
Our Personal Assistants support people to lead full, active and socially connected lives, supporting people to achieve the things that matter to them.
Applicants should have, or be willing to work towards, a qualification meeting the standards required for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Job Details
We are looking for a part-time (20 hours per week) Personal Assistant to provide support to brother and sister siblings who live in the Muirhouse area.
This is a permanent post. Support is generally provided from 10:00-17:00 Mondays and Fridays and additional shorter evening support on Wednesdays and flexible times on Saturdays. However, the candidate would need to be flexible and adaptable to respond to changing support needs. The candidate would need to be able to provide shorter supports of around 1.5 or 2 hours and so being local to the Muirhouse area may be preferable.
*Exemption under Equality Act 2010
About this opportunity
Join a team supporting two creative people who love getting out and about and going places. They enjoy chatting and having a laugh whilst going out to their favourite café’s for lunch, supermarket trips and visits to yoga and dance classes. Support at times requires arranging and attending medical appointments, arranging social meet ups with friends as well as housing support and cleaning tasks.
They love a laugh and a chat so work well with people who can share that with them.
You would be joining a small, personalised team and you would be expected to take part in the additional responsibilities that come with this, such as rota planning, attending meetings and planning sessions, supporting the siblings to achieve their outcomes, and carrying out a share of admin tasks for the team as required. Time for these tasks is built into your contracted hours
If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy, please contact melanie.caplan@thistle.org.uk
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What we offer
We are committed to supporting you to develop your skills as a practitioner and creating career development opportunities. At Thistle, you will have access to sector-leading training courses and be supported to achieve your SVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care accreditation.
Employee Benefits
- From 1st April 2025, starting salary £12.60 per hour (£25,552 per annum (FTE)) rising to £12.90 per hour (£26,161 FTE)).
- Fantastic training (on full pay)
This includes enhanced learning in person-centred practice, leadership skills, IT and other bespoke training courses. - SSSC registration paid for by Thistle
- Support to achieve SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
- Support from regular meetings with your team, Lead Practitioner or Coach
- Contributory pension scheme
- Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
- 30 days of annual leave, increasing by 1 day/year up to 35 days
- Free Thistle Gym membership
- Membership of the HSF Health Plan
- Refer a Friend scheme, paying £250 for successfully referring someone to work with us
