Female* Personal Assistant DM261

Support Someone to Live Their Life, Their Way – Join Our Team as a Personal Assistant

Are you positive, approachable, and love connecting with people? Do you bring great communication skills, a team spirit, and a good sense of humour to everything you do? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a fantastic opportunity to become a Personal Assistant (17 hours per week) supporting a vibrant, fun-loving woman in her 60s who lives independently in the Prestonfield area of Edinburgh.

🌟 About the Role

You’ll be part of a small, close-knit team providing support across 7 days a week, typically working:

• 2 shifts per week (10:00 am – 6:00 pm) differing days over weeks
• Flexibility to pick up extra shifts when covering holidays trainings and sickness

This role is about working alongside someone as an equal— recognising strengths, respecting choices, and supporting her to live life in a way that matters to her.

💬 About the Person You’ll Support

You’ll be supporting a warm, outgoing woman who:

• Loves socialising, dancing, and singing
• Enjoys puzzles and games (especially Scrabble!)
• Likes going out for meals and telling jokes
• She vapes too

She brings energy, humour, and personality to every day — and is looking for someone who will enjoy life alongside her.

🤝 What You’ll Be Part Of

As a valued member of this small team, you’ll:

• Work in a person- centred way supporting her goals, choices, and independence
• Build a genuine, respectful working relationship based on trust and understanding
• Contribute to team planning, rota coordination, and shared responsibilities
• Take part in meetings and support outcome-focused planning
• Share in admin tasks including working together to complete the team rota with a view to support team moving to self organised
• Expected to attend monthly team meetings and persons 6 month reviews

This is a collaborative and supportive environment, where your ideas and input are valued.

🎓 What You’ll Get in Return

Employee Benefits

• Salary: From 1st April 2026, £13.45 per hour
• Fantastic training (on full pay)
• This includes enhanced learning in person-centred practice, leadership skills, IT and other bespoke training courses.
• SSSC registration paid for by Thistle
• Support to achieve SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
• Support from regular meetings with your team, Lead Practitioner or Coach
• Contributory pension scheme
• Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
• 30 days of annual leave, increasing by 1 day/year up to 35 days
• Free Thistle Gym membership
• Membership of the HSF Health Plan
• Refer a Friend scheme, paying £250 for successfully referring someone to work with us

💬 Want to Know More?

If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy please contact leigh.hunter@thistle.org.uk.

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Job Ref: DM261

*This role is open to female applicants only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010).