{"id":15843,"date":"2026-06-03T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15843"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:55:34","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-112-299","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-112-299\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker-PUR-112-299"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker<br \/>\nJob ref. Support Worker &#8211; PUR-112-299<br \/>\nAbout the Direct<br \/>\nPayment Holder<br \/>\nWe are looking for support for our 16 year old son. H has Autism and a learning<br \/>\ndisability, he attends full time education in year 11. H is happy and fun loving, he<br \/>\nis verbal, fully mobile and independent with self care.<br \/>\nHours and rate of<br \/>\npay hours 84 hours available to use at weekends paid at \u00a315.00 per hour.<br \/>\nLocation Cambridge \u2013 CB1<br \/>\nDBS\/Checks Confirmation of Enhanced DBS check<br \/>\nRight to Work and references will be needed.<br \/>\nWhat you would<br \/>\nbe doing\u2026<br \/>\nThe role involves supervising community activities including park visits,<br \/>\ncycling in safe areas, trips to the gym, shopping and other outings. You<br \/>\nwill help boost H\u2019s confidence and support his independence ensuring<br \/>\nhis safety while having fun.<br \/>\nRequired skills<br \/>\nand experience<br \/>\nExperience or training with young people with Autism\/learning disabilities is<br \/>\nessential.<br \/>\nAbility to negotiate and encourage safe choices.<br \/>\nAbility to drive with access to a car is required (mileage will be paid)<br \/>\nReliable, punctual and responsible \u2013 as the role involves community supervision.<br \/>\nGood communication skills to interact effectively with the young person, family<br \/>\nand any other support staff.<br \/>\nAbility to follow guidance and care plans, ensuring consistency and safety.<br \/>\nDesirable: First Aid training<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please send a CV (with 2 references) and a covering letter explaining why you would suit this role.<br \/>\nThank you.<br \/>\n* Sponsorship is not available for this role *<br \/>\n* No agencies please *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. Support Worker &#8211; PUR-112-299 About the Direct Payment Holder We are looking for support for our 16 year old son. H has Autism and a learning disability, he attends full time education in year 11. H is happy and fun loving, he is verbal, fully mobile and independent with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1165,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","jobpost_category":[],"jobpost_job_type":[11],"jobpost_location":[4],"jobpost_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15843","jobpost","type-jobpost","status-publish","hentry","jobpost_job_type-support-worker","jobpost_location-cambridgeshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost\/15843","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=15843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15843"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15843"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15843"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}