Support Worker roles in Ipswich
Support Worker roles in Ipswich 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.
Ipswich and the area we cover
Ipswich Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Chantry and Gainsborough draw staff from the same pool. North Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs services locally, with Suffolk County Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Chantry, Whitton and Gainsborough, with regular work further out at Stoke, Rushmere and Castle Hill. Postings run through IP1, IP2 and IP3, including out at Whitehouse.
What you would be doing
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Supporting people to access work, education, activities and their community
Shifts, and how they are booked
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Rushmere on earlies and Castle Hill on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Chantry and Bixley Farm.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Gainsborough to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What we look for
- ✓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
What we do for you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Suffolk services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Ipswich itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Colchester, Bury St Edmunds and Chelmsford are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Ipswich both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Chantry, 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 Ipswich, 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 Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 Chantry, Whitton, Gainsborough, Stoke and Rushmere, covering IP1, IP2, IP3 and IP4, and out into Suffolk. Ipswich 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 Ipswich
Looking for work in Ipswich?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Chantry, Gainsborough and the wider Suffolk area.