Support Worker roles in Taunton
Support Worker roles in Taunton 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.
Where you would be based in Taunton
Musgrove Park Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Rowbarton and Bishop's Hull draw staff from the same pool. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust runs services locally, with Somerset Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Rowbarton, Priorswood and Bishop's Hull, with regular work further out at Trull, Comeytrowe and Galmington. Postings run across Somerset.
What the role involves
- ✓ 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
Hours, shifts and contracts
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Comeytrowe on earlies and Galmington on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Rowbarton and Wilton.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Bishop's Hull to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
Who we are looking for
- ✓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
- ✓Good communication skills
Why people stay with us
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Somerset services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Taunton itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Yeovil, Weston-super-Mare and Exeter are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Taunton both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Rowbarton, 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 Taunton, 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 Taunton 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 Taunton 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 Rowbarton, Priorswood, Bishop's Hull, Trull and Comeytrowe, and out into Somerset. Musgrove Park 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 Taunton
Looking for work in Taunton?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Rowbarton, Bishop's Hull and the wider Somerset area.