Personal Assistant/support Worker at Day Services

**Personal Assistant / Support Worker**:
**Deadline: 21/04/2025**:
Hey there Are you ready to bring your passion, creativity, and happy vibes to a place that truly makes a difference? Look no further At PossAbilities, we’re a social enterprise on a mission to help vulnerable people ‘Live the life they choose.’ If that sounds like something you’d love to be a part of, keep reading

PossAbilities' Day Services offers adults with learning and physical disabilities a vibrant platform to meet new people, acquire new skills, and engage in meaningful, outcome-focused activities.

**Why Choose**Poss**Abilities?**:
PossAbilities isn’t just a fantastic place to work; it’s a place where your heart can sing. Here’s why you’ll love working with us:
**Awesome Pay**: We proudly offer a real living wage...earn £24,309.07 a year for a 37-hour workweek (pro-rata for part-timers).

**Pension Perks**: We contribute up to 4% of your salary into a pension plan.

**Holiday Fun**: Enjoy 20 days of annual leave (pro rata for part time), 8 bank holidays, and access to our reduced rate holiday home at Ribby Hall Village, 3 extra days holiday on completion of 5 years service Please note for this role there are some mandatory holiday periods at Christmas and Easter.

**Duvet Days**: Perfect attendance? Have a paid day off to chill

**Health & Wellbeing**: Access for you and your dependants for free 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme support, including counselling, and internally trained Mental Health First Aiders to support you.

**Social Events**: Join fun events with the people we support, staff, and their families.

**Discounts & Benefits**: We're a Flexible Pay Employer that offers Wagestream. The money management app lets you choose when to get paid, put money aside each month, get discounts on your shopping, check your benefits entitlement and much more. Not just that but as an employee of PossAbilities you are eligible for a Blue Light Card, ESSO discounted fuel card & similarly a Love2Shop - Every Day Benefits Card all easy-to-use discount schemes which saves you money on your day-to-day spending. We will even refund you the joining fee

**On our latest staff survey 98% of respondents said they were proud to work for PossAbilities and 95% said they were happy working here**:
**Who you will report to**:
On a day-to-day basis, you will be working under the direction of a Team Leader, but accountable to a Unit Manager

**The Hours**:
Fantastic set hours of Monday - Friday 8.30-4.30 - no weekend working

**Your Purpose**:
You will:

- Promote independence
- Maintain a person’s dignity and treat them with respect at all times
- Help to ensure our day service bases are happy and stimulating environments
- Support individuals to engage in a choice of meaningful activities either in base or out in the community ( dependant of their funding)
- Support individuals with their personal care needs and ensure high hygiene standards
- Follow individuals care and support plans, support strategies, risk assessments etc
- Support and assist individual with moving and positioning
- Administer medication in line with a person’s care plan
- Adhere to PossAbilities policies and procedures
- Report any incidents of concern that arise in respect of Health and Safety, Safeguarding and other relevant incident management processes

**We asked our current employees what type of person/skills and behaviours they thought we should recruit for and these are the outcomes:
What's it like to work at PossAbilities?

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. We believe that diversity drives innovation and we actively seek to foster an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all employees, ensuring that our team reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Still not sure? Complete our expression of interest form and someone will give you a call back to chat things through with you.