Support worker recruitment · Derry
Support worker recruitment agency in Derry.
Support workers for supported living, domiciliary and residential services in Derry and across the north west. NISCC registered, AccessNI checked, with their file shared before the first shift.
How care is organised in Derry
In Northern Ireland health and social care sit with one body, and for Derry that is the Western Health and Social Care Trust. The Trust runs Altnagelvin and its own community teams, and it contracts independent providers for much of the supported living, domiciliary care and residential support in the city and out towards Limavady and Strabane.
Those providers are the people we work for. Much of the need is for support workers in learning disability and mental health supported living, and for domiciliary staff who can cover rural runs where a car is essential.
Registration and checks in Northern Ireland
Social care workers in Northern Ireland must be registered with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, and we check every worker's NISCC registration before they are offered work. Criminal record checks here come through AccessNI rather than the DBS, at the enhanced level for this kind of role. We also hold references, training records and right to work evidence for each person.
Derry sits on the border, and some of the best candidates live in Donegal. Irish citizens have the right to work in the UK under the Common Travel Area, so a Donegal address is no barrier, but we still record their right to work the same way as everyone else.
Booking staff in the north west
Fill in our enquiry form with the service, the hours and whether the worker needs to drive. Short notice shifts are covered on the day if someone suitable is free. New packages take about a week. You pay weekly for the hours worked.
Support workers in Derry, Strabane or Donegal who want regular hours can register through the form on our apply page.
Need support workers in Derry? Our enquiry form takes two minutes. Looking for work yourself? Register your details and we will match you to shifts.
Live support worker jobs elsewhere in the UK
Our current rates for support workers are £13 to £18 an hour, depending on the setting, shift pattern and experience.
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Need support workers in Derry?
Tell us the service, the hours and your start date. We’ll match vetted, compliant support workers across Derry/Londonderry and the north west — or talk it through with us first.