Support Worker roles in Blackburn
Support Worker roles in Blackburn 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 Blackburn
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Ewood and Little Harwood draw staff from the same pool. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust runs services locally, with Darwen Borough Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Ewood, Mill Hill and Little Harwood, with regular work further out at Wensley Fold, Livesey and Roe Lee. Postings run through BB2, BB1 and BB3, including out at Feniscowles.
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 Livesey on earlies and Roe Lee on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Ewood and Witton.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Little Harwood to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What you will need
- ✓The right to work in the UK
- ✓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
How we work with you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Lancashire services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Blackburn itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Preston, Burnley and Bolton are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Blackburn both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Ewood, 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 Blackburn, 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 Blackburn 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 Blackburn 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 Ewood, Mill Hill, Little Harwood, Wensley Fold and Livesey, covering BB2, BB1 and BB3, and out into Lancashire. Royal Blackburn Teaching 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.
Looking for work in Blackburn?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Ewood, Little Harwood and the wider Lancashire area.