Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Antrim

Antrim • County Antrim

Trusted care and staffing across Antrim

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers in Antrim and across County Antrim. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent at home, from a short daily visit through to full live-in support. For care homes, supported living services and health and social care teams we supply qualified nurses, carers and support workers, drawing on more than ten years of experience matching the right people to the right settings.

We should be straight with you about where we are based. Our home is in the South of England, not in Northern Ireland, so we do not run a local office in Antrim. What we do have is a genuinely national healthcare staffing operation and a settled way of coordinating home care wherever a family needs it. As an REC-affiliated agency we place vetted professionals in Antrim the same way we do everywhere we work, with enhanced access checks and right to work checks, references and training completed before anyone starts, and a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Antrim

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge across Antrim

Antrim sits on the north eastern shore of Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, and its BT41 postcode covers a town that grew from an old market settlement into a planned urban area. People here live everywhere from the older streets around the Steeple and its ancient Round Tower to the housing at Rathenraw, Springfarm, Stiles, Parkhall, Greystone, Massereene, Ballycraigy and Newpark, out towards Muckamore and along the Dublin Road and Randalstown Road. Care needs vary just as much across these neighbourhoods, and we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service.

The town is proud of Antrim Castle Gardens and Clotworthy House on the Randalstown Road, a restored 17th century garden by the lough that many families we support like to visit for a gentle afternoon out. Good days out matter as much as good routines at home, and companionship visits can make trips like that possible again for someone who has lost a little confidence.

Antrim also sits at a natural crossroads for County Antrim, close to the A26 and the M2, within easy reach of Randalstown, Templepatrick, Crumlin, Toome and Ballymena. That central position means many of the people we help have family scattered across the wider area, so we keep loved ones informed and involved wherever they live. Whether care is needed in a quiet cottage on the edge of the lough or a busy family home in one of the newer estates, we build a plan around the individual, review it as things change and keep the same familiar faces visiting wherever we possibly can.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Antrim Area Hospital on Bush Road, one of the busier acute hospitals in Northern Ireland, which is run by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. The first weeks back at home matter, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support and stay in close contact with families and community teams.

Because health and social care are integrated in Northern Ireland, adult social care in Antrim is arranged by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust rather than by a council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the Trust for a care needs assessment. Home care providers in the area are regulated by the RQIA, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority. Many families we work with fund their own care privately, and we are always happy to explain how the different routes work. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Staffing for care providers in Antrim

Care homes, supported living services and health and social care teams across Antrim rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Our reach for staffing is national, so distance from our southern base is no barrier to filling a rota in County Antrim. We supply NMC-registered nurses and midwives, support workers, mental health professionals and learning disability specialists, from a single shift to a fully managed rota and permanent placements. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache.

Areas of Antrim we cover

We work across the town and the wider County Antrim area, including:

• Rathenraw
• Springfarm
• Stiles
• Parkhall
• Greystone
• Massereene
• Ballycraigy
• Newpark
• Steeple
• Muckamore
• Randalstown Road
• Dublin Road