Support Worker roles in Sunderland
If you want Support Worker work in Sunderland, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Where the work is in Sunderland
Sunderland Royal Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Roker and Seaburn, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Sunderland City Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Roker, Seaburn, Fulwell and Monkwearmouth and out towards Southwick, Hendon and Ryhope. Work extends across Tyne and Wear.
The job day to day
- ✓ 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
When you would work
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Southwick 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 Fulwell.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Seaburn is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Before you apply
- ✓Patience, resilience and respect for the people you support
- ✓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
Working with Protocol
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Roker and Southwick, 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 Sunderland itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in South Shields and Gateshead 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 Monkwearmouth. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Sunderland, 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 Sunderland 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 Sunderland 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 Roker, Seaburn, Fulwell, Monkwearmouth and Southwick, and out into Tyne and Wear. Sunderland Royal 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 Sunderland
Looking for work in Sunderland?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Roker, Fulwell and the wider Tyne and Wear area.