Personal Assistant Outreach - 30 hours

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WHY CHOOSE POSSABILITIES?

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 £23,153.23 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, 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time), and access to our reduced rate holiday home at Ribby Hall Village, and 3 extra days holiday on completion of 5 years long service award! Also the opportunity to bring your children or grandchildren to the Cherwell Chipmunks Day Camp for a full day of activities and tasks out in the open air during the school holidays!
Duvet Days: Perfect attendance? Have a paid day off to chill!
Health & Wellbeing : Access for you and your dependents for free 24/7 confidential EAP support via BHSF 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: 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.

“….AND GIVE US SUPPORT WITH …”

o Keeping our house clean and tidy. I sometimes need support and encouragement to do cleaning tasks, shopping, laundry, decorating, home maintenance, gardening etc.
o Health appointments and medication. (as prescribed by the medical practitioner), in accordance with PossAbilities CIC policies and guidelines.
o Personal Care needs. Maintaining high standards of hygiene.
o Managing our tenancies, and day to day finances where applicable.
o Keeping in contact with our families, friends and anyone important to us.
o Social inclusion, opening new opportunities to start and maintain meaningful relationships.
o Seeing what new opportunities are out there. I.e. Volunteering, college courses.
o Liaising with Families, Advocates, Social Workers and Management team to make sure I am safe and happy.
o Setting and achieving our goals and aspirations.
o Living independently. We may live with our family at the moment, but it could be our goal to live independently in the future, so we need you to support us with looking for options available to us and support us to work on our independent living skills.

WHAT POSSABILITIES WANT FROM A PERSONAL ASSISTANT ON THE OUTREACH TEAM:

o Someone who is dynamic and fast thinking. Every day is different.
o Passionate, kind people who have a cheery demeanour and, ‘can do’ approach.
o Positive Role models
o Someone who is confident with lone working and using own initiative.
o Someone who will build positive relationships with service users and families.
o Someone who will work under the direction of The Outreach Manager but who will take ownership and responsibility for their day to day duties.
o A great communicator. Someone who can work daily with the individuals we support and their families, but who will also liaise with Team members, Social Workers, Advocates, Doctors, and other professionals.
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?
Watch and find out… https://vimeo.com/907456586/b2d034812c?share=copy
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.
If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Please refer the Job description for details