Working at Little Orchard

Staffing is adequate to meet needs but nothing special, with no details on agency use or strong retention.

The service made sure there were enough qualified, skilled, and experienced staff, who received effective support, supervision, and development.

Only standard mandatory training for most staff, with some gaps booked onto courses and no specialist courses mentioned.

The manager had a training matrix in place which evidenced most staff had completed all of their statutory and mandatory training. Where staff had not completed training, they had been booked onto courses.

No activities coordinator or structured programme, so the role involves mostly routine care with basic new activities and holidays.

One relative told us, “They think of new activities to do, and more doors have been opened. Our relative is super happy living at Little Orchard.”