{"id":15719,"date":"2026-04-24T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15719"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:25:20","slug":"carer-pa-support-worker-welwyn-al6-pur-906-651","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/carer-pa-support-worker-welwyn-al6-pur-906-651\/","title":{"rendered":"Carer (PA)\/Support Worker &#8211; Welwyn (AL6) &#8211; PUR-906-651"},"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-906-651<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">A 17-year-old non-verbal autistic boy is seeking a PA to keep him company in his home and to support him when accessing the community to keep him safe.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">\u00a317.15 per hour<\/p>\n<p>4 hours per week\u00a0 &#8211; term time<\/p>\n<p>12 hours \u2013 school holidays<\/p>\n<p>Days and times to be arranged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Welwyn (AL6)<\/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\">Seeking a PA to play games and keep company with the teenager. To support with trips out and to take part in activities such as going to the shops, visiting the park and going swimming and horse riding.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"492\">Someone who is enthusiastic and kind natured<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Someone not phased by difficult behaviour and who has experience\/techniques to manage difficult behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who likes cooking and enjoys eating<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Car driver an advantage<\/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-906-651 About the Direct Payment Holder A 17-year-old non-verbal autistic boy is seeking a PA to keep him company in his home and to support him when accessing the community to keep him safe. Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours \u00a317.15 per hour 4 hours per week\u00a0 &#8211; term [&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-15719","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\/15719","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=15719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15719"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15719"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15719"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}