Support Worker roles in Eastbourne
If you want Support Worker work in Eastbourne, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Working around Eastbourne
Eastbourne District General Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Meads and Old Town, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. East Sussex County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Meads, Old Town, Ratton and Willingdon and out towards Hampden Park, Langney and Sovereign Harbour. Work extends across East Sussex.
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 Hampden Park 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 Ratton.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Old Town is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What you will need
- ✓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
How we work with you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Meads and Hampden Park, 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 Eastbourne itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Hastings and Brighton and Hove 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 Willingdon. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Eastbourne, 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 Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne 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 Meads, Old Town, Ratton, Willingdon and Hampden Park, and out into East Sussex. Eastbourne District General 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 Eastbourne
Looking for work in Eastbourne?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Meads, Ratton and the wider East Sussex area.