{"id":15018,"date":"2025-10-01T12:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15018"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:24:20","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-watford-wd25-pur-613-294","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-watford-wd25-pur-613-294\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker &#8211; Watford (WD25) &#8211; PUR-613-294"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"624\"><strong>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Job ref. <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">PUR-613-294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">A young happy teenage boy who suffers with mobility issues and is completely wheelchair dependant is seeking a PA to support him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Hours and rate of pay <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">\u00a315.20 per hour, 5 hours per week on either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday evening 3.30-8.30pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Watford (WD25)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>DBS\/Checks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Confirmation of DBS check<\/p>\n<p>Right to Work and references will be needed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Training <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Training will be offered to enable to complete the mandatory training required:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Safeguarding Children<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Introduction to first aid \/ Paediatric first aid<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Health and Safety \/ Moving and handling<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>What you would be doing\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">You will offer companionship and support the young teenage boy with meal prep and feeding, personal care and getting ready for bed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Seeking a PA who is fun, friendly, energetic and patient. Previous experience of supporting children or young adults with disabilities is essential.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please send a CV (with 2 references) and a covering letter explaining why you would suit this role. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Sponsorship is not available for this role *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>* No agencies please *<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. PUR-613-294 About the Direct Payment Holder A young happy teenage boy who suffers with mobility issues and is completely wheelchair dependant is seeking a PA to support him. Hours and rate of pay \u00a315.20 per hour, 5 hours per week on either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday evening 3.30-8.30pm &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","jobpost_category":[],"jobpost_job_type":[29,28,11],"jobpost_location":[7],"jobpost_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15018","jobpost","type-jobpost","status-publish","hentry","jobpost_job_type-support-assistant","jobpost_job_type-support-buddy","jobpost_job_type-support-worker","jobpost_location-herts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost\/15018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jobpost"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15018"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15018"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15018"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}