{"id":15578,"date":"2026-03-10T15:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&p=15578"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:16:27","slug":"male-personal-assistant-support-worker-pur-222-251","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/male-personal-assistant-support-worker-pur-222-251\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Personal Assistant\/Support Worker-PUR-222-251"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job ref. <\/strong><\/td>\nMale Support worker \u2013 PUR-222-251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\nT is a 16 year old male with level 2 ASD, ME CFS, ARFEDS and learning difficulties.\u00a0 T is highly intelligent, a quiet, thoughtful, loving compassionate individual who\u2019s life has broken him.\u00a0 His Complexed fatigue and mobility weakness of legs has resulted in isolation and withdrawal.\u00a0 T uses crutches, has wheelchair refusal.\u00a0 It is paramount for his fatigue levels to be paced, monitored and understood to prevent bed bound relapses.<\/p>\n

T struggles in busy, noisy situations, easily becoming overwhelmed and shutting down.<\/p>\n

T likes motor bikes, nature, animals and photography.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours <\/strong><\/td>\n7.5 hours a month there is flexibility in how and when the hours are used, evenings\/weekends.\u00a0 Paid at \u00a315.00 per hour.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/strong><\/td>\nLittleport, Ely \u2013 CB6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DBS\/Checks<\/strong><\/td>\nConfirmation of DBS check<\/p>\n

Right to Work and references will be needed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

What you would be doing\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nA connection needs to be built initially in the family home, slowly over time before migrating out into social situations with a view to reintegration into society and re-establishing self worth.<\/p>\n

Supporting with better hygiene and some support with personal care. Shopping, helping to cook.<\/p>\n

Encouragement to engage with activities he enjoys such as cinema, gym, swimming, table tennis, nature and photography.<\/p>\n

A buddy someone to work on personal skills with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\nIt is vital that you have experience or knowledge and understanding of extreme fatigue and exhaustion. Someone with experience of ASD\/ADHD maybe you have these conditions yourself or a member of your family do or perhaps you work in a SEN setting.<\/p>\n

Someone with character and a sense of humour, who likes to chat but is ok having a one sided conversation and not getting a response.<\/p>\n

If you have the same interests as T that would be great.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As some personal care is involved, I would feel more comfortable with a male carer. This advert complies with the Sex Discrimination Act (1975) Section 7 (2b).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please send a CV (with 2 references) and a covering letter explaining why you would suit this role. Thank you.<\/p>\n

* Sponsorship is not available for this role *<\/strong><\/p>\n

* No agencies please *<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. Male Support worker \u2013 PUR-222-251 About the Direct Payment Holder T is a 16 year old male with level 2 ASD, ME CFS, ARFEDS and learning difficulties.\u00a0 T is highly intelligent, a quiet, thoughtful, loving compassionate individual who\u2019s life has broken him.\u00a0 His Complexed fatigue and mobility weakness of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1165,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","jobpost_category":[],"jobpost_job_type":[8,11],"jobpost_location":[4],"jobpost_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15578","jobpost","type-jobpost","status-publish","hentry","jobpost_job_type-personal-assistant","jobpost_job_type-support-worker","jobpost_location-cambridgeshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost\/15578","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\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15578"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15578"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15578"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}