Support Worker roles in Cambridge
Protocol Healthcare Services recruits Support Workers in and around Cambridge for mental health services, learning disability support and community settings. The work is about helping people live the life they want, with as much independence as possible.
Where the work is in Cambridge
Work comes up near Chesterton, Trumpington and Cherry Hinton, much of it within reach of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Between Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire County Council, most of what we staff around Newnham sits under one of the two.
Shifts land right across the patch: Chesterton, Trumpington and Cherry Hinton one week, Newnham, Romsey and Arbury the next. If you are based around CB1 or CB4, you are inside the area we cover most heavily.
The job day to day
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Encouraging independence, choice and everyday decision making
When you would work
Full-time and part-time patterns both work. If Arbury is easier for you to reach than Petersfield, say so and the rota follows it. Once you are established we keep the work regular rather than sporadic, usually in the same two or three services around Petersfield.
We recruit for temporary and permanent posts. Trying several settings between Chesterton and Newnham first tends to make the permanent choice obvious.
Before you apply
- ✓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
Working with Protocol
We are a two-office team, not a call centre. The person booking your East of England shifts knows which settings suit you. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Cambridge itself, which we would rather say plainly.
If you can travel, there is steady work in Stevenage, Bury St Edmunds and Bedford as well, and many people cover two of those alongside Cambridge.
Tell us which parts of East of England you can reach and we will match you to what is open. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Cambridge, 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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 Chesterton, Trumpington, Cherry Hinton, Newnham and Romsey, covering CB1 and CB4, and out into East of England. Addenbrooke's 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 Cambridge
Looking for work in Cambridge?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Chesterton, Cherry Hinton and the wider East of England area.