Support Worker roles in Maidstone
Protocol Healthcare Services recruits Support Workers in and around Maidstone for mental health services, learning disability support and community settings. The work is about helping people live the life they want, with as much independence as possible.
Working around Maidstone
Work comes up near Bearsted, Allington and Penenden Heath, much of it within reach of Maidstone Hospital. Between Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and Kent County Council, most of what we staff around Loose sits under one of the two.
Shifts land right across the patch: Bearsted, Allington and Penenden Heath one week, Loose, Tovil and Coxheath the next. If you are based around ME14 or ME14, you are inside the area we cover most heavily.
A typical shift
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Encouraging independence, choice and everyday decision making
Shifts and contracts
Full-time and part-time patterns both work. If Coxheath is easier for you to reach than Boxley, say so and the rota follows it. Once you are established we keep the work regular rather than sporadic, usually in the same two or three services around Boxley.
We recruit for temporary and permanent posts. Trying several settings between Bearsted and Loose first tends to make the permanent choice obvious.
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
We are a two-office team, not a call centre. The person booking your Kent shifts knows which settings suit you. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Maidstone itself, which we would rather say plainly.
If you can travel, there is steady work in Medway, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Dartford as well, and many people cover two of those alongside Maidstone.
Tell us which parts of Kent you can reach and we will match you to what is open. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Maidstone, 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 Bearsted, Allington, Penenden Heath, Loose and Tovil, covering ME14, and out into Kent. Maidstone 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 Maidstone
Looking for work in Maidstone?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Bearsted, Penenden Heath and the wider Kent area.