Working at The Orchard

The job is mostly routine personal care with basic outings like shopping and cinema trips, no dedicated activities coordinator or specialist programmes to make days more varied.

access to a range of activities based on the individual need of each resident... Activities were planned around people's interest and included community based social clubs, shopping, trips out, going out for lunch, cinema visits.

Only standard training and induction mentioned, no specialist courses or funded qualifications even for complex learning disability needs.

A staff induction and training programme was in place to ensure staff kept up to date with best practice. Staff told us that the training was good.

Staffing is enough most days but needed special measures for COVID pressures, so workloads might stretch at times.

The provider told us they had measures in place to mitigate the risks associated with COVID-19 related staff pressures.