{"id":15715,"date":"2026-04-23T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15715"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:38:22","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-697-689","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-697-689\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker-PUR-697-689"},"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-697-689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">7 year old young person with a diagnosis of Autism and is non-verbal.<\/p>\n<p>U enjoys keeping active and engaged with trips to the park, going for walks and when at home, reading playing with puzzles and fun in the garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">\u00a312.71 per hours, 10 hours per week, including Saturdays (to be discussed) and additional hours to be used flexibly during the school holidays.<\/p>\n<p>An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">CB3 area<\/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>What you would be doing\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Supporting with keeping U active and engaged whether that be trips to the park or other planned activities. Helping to develop communication and social skills.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Knowledge\/Experience of working with Neurodiverse children.<\/p>\n<p>It is very important that you are reliable, have good timekeeping, strong and communication skills.<\/p>\n<p>A bubbly personality, a good sense of humour, and a kind and caring nature, active and willing to be in interactive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. PUR-697-689 About the Direct Payment Holder 7 year old young person with a diagnosis of Autism and is non-verbal. U enjoys keeping active and engaged with trips to the park, going for walks and when at home, reading playing with puzzles and fun in the garden. Hours and rate [&hellip;]<\/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-15715","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\/15715","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=15715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15715"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15715"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15715"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}