Description
Hours : 10 – 20 hours per week, plus sleepovers
Location : Craigmillar, Edinburgh
Salary : £15,404 per annum (pro-rata).
Closing Date: Tuesday 4th September 2016
We currently have a vacancy for a Female* Personal Assistant to work with a lovely lady who lives in Craigmillar.
She loves music, arts and crafts and socialising. She also loves shopping, using her computer for Facebook and Games and writing her life story or creating one.
The shift pattern for this post would be:
Afternoon: 12 - 5pm (this may be subject to change with prior notice)
Late shift: beginning 8 or 9pm with additional sleepover
Early: 7 – 10am
There is also a requirement to participate in the on-call system for which an additional payment would be paid.
We require an individual who can provide full flexibility for this post.
You will require good communication and social skills to work effectively with family and other members of a small team dependant on the service. We are looking for someone with a warm and friendly personality, who can work professionally and use their own initiative.
Are you flexible and responsive? Do you have what it takes to support individuals to achieve and maintain a great life? Are you a unique person who wants to share their skills and gifts and make a difference to someone’s life? Can you help build friendships and find ways to contribute and connect to the local community?
Applicants must have, or be willing to work towards a qualification meeting the standards required for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council.
In return you will have the satisfaction of working for an organisation at the cutting edge of designing individualised support arrangements that make a real difference to people’s lives. You will receive excellent training on full pay and you will be eligible to apply for our fully funded SVQ and other benefits, such as a contributory pension scheme, childcare voucher scheme and Hospital Saturday Fund.
*Exemption under Equality Act 2010
Thistle Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Successful candidates will be subject to a PVG check which will be paid for by Thistle.