Support Worker roles in Widnes
Support Worker roles in Widnes 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.
Working around Widnes
Whiston Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Ditton and Farnworth draw staff from the same pool. West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust runs services locally, with Halton Borough Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Ditton, Hough Green and Farnworth, with regular work further out at Appleton, Halton View and West Bank. Postings run through WA8, including out at Birchfield.
A typical shift
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Medication prompting and support appropriate to your training
- ✓ Accurate notes and clear communication with the wider team
Shifts and contracts
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Halton View on earlies and West Bank on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Ditton and Simms Cross.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Farnworth to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
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
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Cheshire services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Widnes itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Runcorn, Warrington and St Helens are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Widnes both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Ditton, 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 Widnes, 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 Widnes 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 Widnes 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 Ditton, Hough Green, Farnworth, Appleton and Halton View, covering WA8, and out into Cheshire. Whiston 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 Widnes
Looking for work in Widnes?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Ditton, Farnworth and the wider Cheshire area.