Senior Personal Assistant

28 days holiday entitlement

£0.30 of travel allowance

ABOUT THE JOB: 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

•        2 years or more experience in a similar role

•        SVQ 3 or equivalent in Health or Social Care

YOU SKILLS

•        Good - Knowledge of health and safety.

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

•        Good - Attention to detail.

•        Good - Time management, and planning.

•        Good - Ability to work independently with initiative.

•        Excellent - 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.

• Enhanced overtime of 20%
• Travel expenses
• Guaranteed hours
• Competitive salary
• 28 days paid holidays
• Great employee benefits
• Your own Buddy to support you
• 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.”

Supporting new team members, including assisting with their:

●        Learning & Development

●        Induction and being a Buddy

●        Mentorship & Sharing of skills and knowledge

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.

●        Attending all relevant training and development programs.

●        Keeping updated with care legislation and SCA policies