Support Worker roles in Camden
If you want Support Worker work in Camden, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Working around Camden
Royal Free Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Camden Town and Kentish Town, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Camden Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Camden Town, Kentish Town, Hampstead and Belsize Park and out towards Gospel Oak, Dartmouth Park and King's Cross. NW1, NW3 and NW5 come up most often, and work extends through London.
A typical shift
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Supporting people to access work, education, activities and their community
- ✓ Positive behaviour support and de-escalation, with training provided
Shifts and contracts
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Gospel Oak 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 Hampstead.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Kentish Town is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What you will need
- ✓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
- ✓Good communication skills
How we work with you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Camden Town and Gospel Oak, 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 Camden itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Islington and Westminster 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 Belsize Park. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Camden, 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 Camden 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 Camden 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 Camden Town, Kentish Town, Hampstead, Belsize Park and Gospel Oak, covering NW1, NW3 and NW5, and out into London. Royal Free 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 Camden
Looking for work in Camden?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Camden Town, Hampstead and the wider London area.