Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Crawley

Crawley • West Sussex

Trusted care and staffing across Crawley

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers right across Crawley and the wider West Sussex area. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent at home, from a short daily visit through to full live-in support. For care providers we supply qualified nurses, carers and support workers, drawing on more than ten years of experience matching the right people to the right settings.

Our base is in the South of England rather than in Crawley itself, so we are honest that we do not run a local office in the town. What we do offer is a genuinely national staffing reach and a home care service that is coordinated to the same standard everywhere we work. Every professional we place is vetted with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training completed before anyone starts, with a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Crawley

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge across Crawley

Crawley is a post-war New Town in the north east of West Sussex, planned around a series of distinct neighbourhoods that each have their own character. We arrange care across the town, from Three Bridges, Northgate and West Green near the centre to Pound Hill, Maidenbower and Furnace Green to the east and Ifield, Langley Green, Gossops Green, Bewbush and Broadfield to the west. Care needs vary from one neighbourhood to the next, and we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service.

Being close to Gatwick Airport and served by the M23, Crawley draws families from across the surrounding area, and many people know Tilgate Park and its nature centre as a green heart to the south of the town. Whichever part of the RH10 or RH11 postcodes you call home, we can arrange care that fits around daily routines and the people you rely on.

As one of the largest towns in West Sussex, Crawley has a busy town centre around Queens Square and the County Mall, along with quieter residential streets in areas such as Southgate and Furnace Green. Older neighbourhoods laid out when the New Town was built now sit alongside newer developments like Maidenbower and Kilnwood Vale, and family circumstances differ from one household to the next. We take the time to understand what independence looks like for each person, whether that is help getting to a local shop, a warm meal at lunchtime or support with a longer term condition, and we build the care around that.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay in hospital. Crawley Hospital in the West Green neighbourhood, run by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, provides a range of community and outpatient services close to the town centre, while acute and emergency care for local residents is often provided at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, part of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The first weeks back at home matter, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support and stay in close contact with families and community teams.

Adult social care in the town is overseen by West Sussex County Council, while Crawley Borough Council looks after local services such as housing. Care in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, or CQC. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the county council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different routes work. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Staffing for care providers in Crawley

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Crawley rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Our reach here is national, so we can help providers in Crawley and anywhere else in the country. We supply NMC-registered nurses and midwives, support workers, mental health professionals and learning disability specialists, from a single shift to a fully managed rota and permanent placements. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache.

Because care in England is regulated by the CQC, providers in Crawley cannot afford gaps in cover or shortcuts on compliance, and neither can we. Whether you run a care home near the town centre, a supported living service across West Sussex or a community team linked to the NHS, we handle the checks, references and training so that the staff who arrive for a shift are ready to work from the first minute. To find out more about the roles we cover, visit our staffing services page or get in touch to talk through your rota.

Areas of Crawley we cover

We arrange home care and supply care staff across the town and the surrounding West Sussex area, including:

• Three Bridges
• Northgate
• West Green
• Southgate
• Ifield
• Langley Green
• Pound Hill
• Maidenbower
• Gossops Green
• Bewbush
• Broadfield
• Tilgate