{"id":15659,"date":"2026-04-02T09:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&p=15659"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:47:42","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-297-945","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-297-945\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker-PUR-297-945"},"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>\nPUR-297-945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\n13 year old young person with a diagnosis of profound bilateral sensori\u2011neural hearing loss, acquired brain injury, global developmental delay and a likely autism diagnosis soon.<\/p>\n

M enjoys arts and crafts like jewellery making drawing, colouring and making loom bands, fun days out like theme parks, ten pin bowling, cinema and the seaside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours <\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a312.50 per hour, 83 hours to be used flexibly at either the weekend and\/or school holiday time.<\/p>\n

An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.<\/p>\n

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Location<\/strong><\/td>\nWhittlesford, CB22 area<\/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>\nSupporting with getting out in the community, life skills and days out, helping to boost confidence, to broaden her interests and support to develop her independence skills.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\nKnowledge\/Experience of Acquired Brain Injury.<\/p>\n

British sign language is desirable but not essential.<\/p>\n

Driving License and use of own car is essential (Car insurance with business use \u00a0is a mandatory requirement).<\/p>\n

It is very important that you are reliable, have good timekeeping, strong communication skills, a bubbly personality, a good sense of humour, and a kind and caring nature, with similar interests to M so that she can relate to you.<\/p>\n

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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. PUR-297-945 About the Direct Payment Holder 13 year old young person with a diagnosis of profound bilateral sensori\u2011neural hearing loss, acquired brain injury, global developmental delay and a likely autism diagnosis soon. M enjoys arts and crafts like jewellery making drawing, colouring and making loom bands, fun days out […]<\/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-15659","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\/15659","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=15659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}