Support Worker roles in Croydon
Support Worker roles in Croydon 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 Croydon
Croydon University Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Addiscombe and Thornton Heath draw staff from the same pool. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust runs services locally, with Croydon Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Addiscombe, South Croydon and Thornton Heath, with regular work further out at Purley, Coulsdon and Selsdon. Postings run through CR0, CR2 and CR7, including out at Shirley.
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 Coulsdon on earlies and Selsdon on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Addiscombe and Sanderstead.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Thornton Heath to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What you will need
- ✓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
- ✓Experience in mental health or learning disability support is desirable, not essential
How we work with you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which London services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Croydon itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Sutton, Merton and Bromley are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Croydon both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Addiscombe, 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 Croydon, 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 Croydon 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 Croydon 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 Addiscombe, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Purley and Coulsdon, covering CR0, CR2, CR7 and CR9, and out into London. Croydon University 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 Croydon
Looking for work in Croydon?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Addiscombe, Thornton Heath and the wider London area.