{"id":15951,"date":"2026-07-14T22:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15951"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:08:37","slug":"carer-support-worker-stevenage-sg1-pur-972-862","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/carer-support-worker-stevenage-sg1-pur-972-862\/","title":{"rendered":"Carer \/Support Worker &#8211; Stevenage (SG1) &#8211; PUR-972-862"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self Employed Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker<br \/>\nJob ref.<br \/>\nPUR-972-862<br \/>\nAbout the Direct<br \/>\nPayment Holder<br \/>\nA young man with Autism and Learning Disabilities requires support with social<br \/>\ninteraction and accessing activities.<br \/>\nHours and rate of<br \/>\npay<br \/>\n\u00a325 per hour \u2013 SELF-EMPLOYED<br \/>\nPlease note &#8211; The shifts can be split between more than 1 PA<br \/>\nvarious shifts available including daytime, morning, afternoon, evening, overnight<br \/>\nsleep-in shifts, weekday and weekends.<br \/>\nLocation<br \/>\nStevenage (SG1)<br \/>\nDBS\/Checks<br \/>\nConfirmation of DBS check<br \/>\nRight to Work and references will be needed.<br \/>\nTraining<br \/>\nTraining will be provided to fulfil the mandatory requirements needed.<br \/>\n\u2022 Safeguarding Adults<br \/>\n\u2022 Introduction to first aid<br \/>\n\u2022 Health and Safety<br \/>\nWhat you would<br \/>\nbe doing\u2026<br \/>\nSupport with accessing the community and accessing activities like going to the<br \/>\ngym, for walks, support at social groups and within the home.<br \/>\nRequired skills<br \/>\nand experience<br \/>\nSeeking a PA friendly, cheerful and empathetic towards those with disabilities<br \/>\nwho will enjoy interacting and joining in with activities.<br \/>\nSomeone experienced in working with those with Autism and Learning<br \/>\nDisabilities, particularly in communication difficulty and autism related anxiety<br \/>\nand behaviours.<br \/>\nOwn car with business use on insurance<br \/>\nPlease send your CV with full work history<br \/>\nPlease send a CV with full work history (with two references) and a covering letter explaining why you<br \/>\nwould suit this role. Thank you.<br \/>\n* Sponsorship is not available for this role *<br \/>\n* No agencies please *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self Employed Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker Job ref. PUR-972-862 About the Direct Payment Holder A young man with Autism and Learning Disabilities requires support with social interaction and accessing activities. Hours and rate of pay \u00a325 per hour \u2013 SELF-EMPLOYED Please note &#8211; The shifts can be split between more than 1 PA various shifts [&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-15951","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\/15951","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=15951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}