{"id":15785,"date":"2026-05-12T11:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&p=15785"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:12:14","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-976-387","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-976-387\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker-PUR-976-387"},"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>\n\u00a0Support Worker – PUR-976-387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Direct Payment Holder<\/strong><\/td>\nF is an 9 year old boy who has diagnosis of Autism, Sleep Disorder & Developmental delay, he is non verbal and experiences Absence Seizures.<\/p>\n

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F likes to be outside, visiting the park and bouncing at Bounce Fields, he is also happy playing at home.<\/p>\n

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Hours and rate of pay \u00a0hours <\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a090 hours in total to be used flexibly in school holidays @ \u00a313 per hour<\/p>\n

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Location<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Cambridge \u2013 CB1<\/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>\n <\/p>\n

Supporting F with independence skills accessing activities he enjoys such as going to the park.<\/p>\n

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Supporting F\u2019s mum when in the community with F.<\/p>\n

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F can display some challenging behaviours, he can become aggressive, you will need to learn the triggers for these behaviours and coping mechanisms to deal with the different situations.<\/p>\n

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Required skills and experience<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Experience of supporting other young people with similar diagnosis is essential.<\/p>\n

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Someone who is friendly, reliable and willing to be interactive & encouraging in order to develop and improve skills.<\/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

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Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. \u00a0Support Worker – PUR-976-387 About the Direct Payment Holder F is an 9 year old boy who has diagnosis of Autism, Sleep Disorder & Developmental delay, he is non verbal and experiences Absence Seizures.   F likes to be outside, visiting the park and bouncing at Bounce Fields, he […]<\/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-15785","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\/15785","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=15785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15785"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15785"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15785"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}