Support Worker roles in Bury St Edmunds
If you want Support Worker work in Bury St Edmunds, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Where you would be based in Bury St Edmunds
West Suffolk Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Moreton Hall and Northgate, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Suffolk County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Moreton Hall, Northgate, Southgate and Westgate and out towards Fornham, Great Barton and Horringer. IP28 and IP33 come up most often, and work extends through Suffolk.
What the role involves
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Supporting people with daily routines and personal care where needed
Hours, shifts and contracts
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Fornham work three or four shifts and keep the rest of the week their own. Most people settle into a handful of regular services, often within a few miles of Southgate.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Northgate is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Who we are looking for
- ✓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
- ✓Patience, resilience and respect for the people you support
Why people stay with us
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Moreton Hall and Fornham, and is reachable when a shift throws something up. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Bury St Edmunds itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Ipswich and Cambridge often suits the same people, so tell us how far you are willing to go.
Send your availability and what you are qualified for, and a consultant will call you back about work around Westgate. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Bury St Edmunds, 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 Bury St Edmunds 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 Bury St Edmunds 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 Moreton Hall, Northgate, Southgate, Westgate and Fornham, covering IP28 and IP33, and out into Suffolk. West Suffolk 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 Bury St Edmunds
Looking for work in Bury St Edmunds?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Moreton Hall, Southgate and the wider Suffolk area.