Support Worker roles in Barry
Support Worker roles in Barry cover a lot of ground: supported living, mental health services, learning disability support and community teams. Protocol Healthcare Services places people on agency shifts and in permanent posts across all of it.
Working around Barry
Barry Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Barry Island and Cadoxton draw staff from the same pool. Vale University Health Board runs services locally, with Glamorgan Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Barry Island, Whitmore Bay and Cadoxton, with regular work further out at Colcot, Gibbonsdown and Buttrills. Postings run across Vale of Glamorgan.
A typical shift
- ✓ Supporting people with daily routines and personal care where needed
- ✓ Encouraging independence, choice and everyday decision making
- ✓ Supporting people to access work, education, activities and their community
- ✓ Positive behaviour support and de-escalation, with training provided
- ✓ Medication prompting and support appropriate to your training
- ✓ Accurate notes and clear communication with the wider team
Shifts and contracts
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Gibbonsdown on earlies and Buttrills on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Barry Island and Castleland.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Cadoxton to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What you will need
- ✓Patience, resilience and respect for the people you support
- ✓Good communication skills
- ✓Experience in mental health or learning disability support is desirable, not essential
- ✓An enhanced DBS check, which we can arrange
- ✓The right to work in the UK
How we work with you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Vale of Glamorgan services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Barry itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Cardiff, Caerphilly and Weston-super-Mare are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Barry both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Barry Island, and we will do the rest. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Barry, answered
Not always. Experience in mental health or learning disability support is desirable, not essential We provide training, and your consultant will match you to settings around Barry that fit what you have done before.
Day, night and weekend shifts, on full-time and part-time patterns. You set your availability and we work to it. Once you are established we can offer regular ongoing shifts rather than one-offs.
Both. We recruit for temporary and permanent positions, and many people start on agency shifts around Barry before moving into a permanent post once they have found a service that suits them.
Across supported living, mental health services, learning disability services and community settings. In practice that means Barry Island, Whitmore Bay, Cadoxton, Colcot and Gibbonsdown, and out into Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Hospital is the main hospital in the area.
We have immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Once your registration, right-to-work and DBS checks are in place, shifts can usually follow quickly. Call 020 8951 4510 or send us your details to get started.
Support Worker Jobs near Barry
Looking for work in Barry?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Barry Island, Cadoxton and the wider Vale of Glamorgan area.