Support Worker roles in Canterbury
If you want Support Worker work in Canterbury, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Canterbury and the area we cover
Canterbury Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Wincheap and St Stephen's, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Kent County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Wincheap, St Stephen's, Hales Place and Thanington and out towards Harbledown, Blean and Sturry. CT1 and CT4 come up most often, and work extends through Kent.
What you would be doing
- ✓ 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
Shifts, and how they are booked
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Harbledown 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 Hales Place.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around St Stephen's is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What we look for
- ✓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
What we do for you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Wincheap and Harbledown, 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 Canterbury itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Maidstone and Southend-on-Sea 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 Thanington. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Canterbury, 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 Canterbury 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 Canterbury 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 Wincheap, St Stephen's, Hales Place, Thanington and Harbledown, covering CT1 and CT4, and out into Kent. Canterbury 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 Canterbury
Looking for work in Canterbury?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Wincheap, Hales Place and the wider Kent area.