Female Personal Support Assistant

Adult Services
Written By Cat Abbott

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things? Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for a personal support assistant to join our Poole and Bournemouth team in Supported Living.

Managed by: Team Leader

Rate: £11.44 per hour, £50 per sleep-in - plus enhanced overtime rate

Overall purpose:

To provide effective support to enable people with a learning and/or physical disability to live their lives to the full.

*Due to the current demands on the service, we require a FEMALE Personal Support Assistant*

You must have a full UK Driving License for this role.

Commitment to safeguarding

Diverse Abilities is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Charity  is an equal opportunities employer.

This role…

You will deliver practical, physical, social, and emotional support to individuals.

Provide an excellent level of support and care, taking time to listen to, understand and ensure the people we support remain the focus of your work at all times;

You would need to be outgoing, kind, caring, and have a reliable nature and a great sense of humour. It is essential you hold a UK Manual driving license for this position.

We offer a full training programme and the opportunity to work towards a Level 2 qualification to ensure you are confident in your position as a Support Worker, whether you are new to care or experienced.

All members of our team support with outdoor activities, cooking, social events, and intimate personal care.

There is no feeling like knowing you are making a real difference in someone’s life, do you want this too?

The contracts available are a fair mix of days and evenings, with an expectation to work alternate weekends

Please note: for genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are looking to appoint females only (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

Benefits

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits. These include access to thousands of retailer, restaurant, entertainment and hotel discounts through Blue Light Card, auto-enrolment pensions, six weeks paid accrued holiday, and a cycle to work scheme.

You’ll also get paid while you complete your training and as you proceed to any diplomas.

Essential skills include

  • Diploma Level 2 or equivalent (or willing to work towards this)

  • Basic numeracy and literacy

  • Empathy

  • Compassion

  • Full UK Manual Drivers License

  • Pro-active

  • Enthusiasm

  • Self management

  • Initiative

 

Teamwork: Able to interact and co-operate with people effectively; supports team decisions and puts group goals ahead of own.

Communication: Able to express ideas effectively; organises and delivers information appropriately; actively listens.

Reliability: Keeps to commitments; completes work in a timely & consistent manner.

Adaptability: Adapts to changing work environments, priorities and needs; able to effectively deal with change and diverse people.

Motivation: Displays energy, enthusiasm and commitment in approach to the role; maintains high level of productivity & positivity.

Life Skills: Able to perform basic household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing and gardening.

Cat Abbott
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