Support Worker roles in Worthing
If you want Support Worker work in Worthing, Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for supported living, mental health and learning disability services, on both temporary and permanent contracts.
Where the work is in Worthing
Worthing Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Broadwater and Goring-by-Sea, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. West Sussex County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Broadwater, Goring-by-Sea, Durrington and West Tarring and out towards Findon Valley, High Salvington and Offington. BN11 come up most often, and work extends through West Sussex.
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 Findon Valley 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 Durrington.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Goring-by-Sea 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 Broadwater and Findon Valley, 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 Worthing itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Brighton and Hove and Chichester 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 West Tarring. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Support Worker Jobs in Worthing, 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 Worthing 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 Worthing 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 Broadwater, Goring-by-Sea, Durrington, West Tarring and Findon Valley, covering BN11, and out into West Sussex. Worthing 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 Worthing
Looking for work in Worthing?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Broadwater, Durrington and the wider West Sussex area.