{"id":15985,"date":"2026-07-22T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=15985"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:57:52","slug":"personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-612-628","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/jobs\/personal-assistant-pa-support-worker-pur-612-628\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker-PUR-612-628"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Assistant (PA)\/Support Worker<br \/>\nJob ref.PUR-612-628<br \/>\nPersonal Assistant \/Support Worker<br \/>\nAbout me<br \/>\nJ is a 32-year-old man with Down\u2019s Syndrome.<br \/>\nJ loves football and supports West Ham United. He goes to watch West Ham at<br \/>\nthe London stadium as well as many England games at Wembley. J also<br \/>\nsupports Cambridge United and would like to be supported to attend more of<br \/>\ntheir home games. J enjoys attending musical concerts and listens to a wide<br \/>\nvariety of music, particularly country artists, He has seen Cody Pennington and<br \/>\nNashville concerts locally.<br \/>\nJ is independent and does not require any help with personal care. He does lots<br \/>\nof things with his family but would also like to access activities in the community<br \/>\nwith a PA.<br \/>\nHours and rate of<br \/>\npay<br \/>\n\u00a317.60 per hour<br \/>\n10 hours per week \u2013 To be used flexibly; afternoons\/evenings &amp; weekends.<br \/>\nLocation<br \/>\nCambridgeshire, Cambridge CB21<br \/>\nDBS\/Checks<br \/>\nConfirmation of DBS check<br \/>\nRight to Work and references will be needed.<br \/>\nWhat you would be<br \/>\ndoing\u2026<br \/>\nPA is required to support Jack in the community, attend concerts, watch<br \/>\nmusicals at the theatre such as Cambridge Arts theatre.<br \/>\nAccompany J to the cinema, bowling, play darts, swimming and the Pub.<br \/>\nJ is a member at Impington gym and has a weekly session with a personal<br \/>\ntrainer but likes to go and use the gym at other times.<br \/>\nThe person I would<br \/>\nlike\u2026<br \/>\nIt is important you have experience supporting people with Learning disabilities .<br \/>\nJ would benefit greatly from a PA who loves sports, particularly football, as this<br \/>\nwould support shared conversation and rapport- building.<br \/>\nA driver with access to a car and insurance is essential due to location.<br \/>\nPlease 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.PUR-612-628 Personal Assistant \/Support Worker About me J is a 32-year-old man with Down\u2019s Syndrome. J loves football and supports West Ham United. He goes to watch West Ham at the London stadium as well as many England games at Wembley. J also supports Cambridge United and would like to [&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-15985","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\/15985","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=15985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jobpost_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_category?post=15985"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_job_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_job_type?post=15985"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_location?post=15985"},{"taxonomy":"jobpost_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearepurple.org.uk\/purplematch2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jobpost_tag?post=15985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}