Vacancies
🌿 Join Our Team at Orchard House – Northampton
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We’re a small, friendly team with a big heart — supporting young people as they take their first and many more steps toward independence and building key life skills.
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We’re looking for people who are confident, positive, and outgoing, with the ability to connect with young people and bring a calming, encouraging energy to the role. A sense of humour definitely helps — it’s all part of building trust and making each day meaningful for young people.
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We believe in people over paperwork, teamwork over hierarchy, and making everyone count.
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To apply for our vacancies, simply download the application form linked beside the vacancy, complete it, and send it along with your CV to feedback@orchardhouse-northampton.com
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What you waiting for? Take a look at our current vacancies below 👇
🌞 Daytime Support Worker
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Northampton | £13.00–£13.75 per hour + Bank Holiday enhancements
Hours: Full-time (permanent), 12-hour daytime shifts (8am–8pm, 90-min break) on a rolling 2-week rota: Week 1 – 2 on, 2 off, 3 on • Week 2 – 2 off, 2 on, 3 off. (Daytime only; no nights.)
We’re looking for a positive, motivated and reliable Daytime Support Worker to join our team, supporting young people living in shared supported accommodation.
You’ll be the friendly face during the day — helping with everything from scheduling and planning tasks and appointments, to motivating young people to develop skills and achieve their goals whilst keeping positive routines in place.
A key part of the daytime role is administration and digital recording, so you’ll need to be comfortable using computers, online systems, and basic office software (such as email and Microsoft Word). You’ll use these to record support sessions, complete handovers, update plans, and communicate with professionals.
You’ll be part of a team that celebrates progress, laughs through the occasional chaos, and genuinely cares about helping young people prepare for adulthood.
We’re after someone with a warm, curious approach and a good sense of humour who can bring calm, consistency, and a bit of creativity to each day.
Experience or understanding of autism, neurodiversity, or trauma-informed support (like PACE) is an advantage, but we’ll provide all the training and guidance you need.
✨ This role focuses on social care and keyworking support — not personal care.
Night Time Support Worker
🌙 Night-Time Support Worker (Sleep-In Nights)
Location: Northampton • Hours: Sleep-in rota (8pm–8am)
Pay: £13.75 per hour (active hours) + £40 sleep-in allowance per shift + Bank Holiday enhancements (active hours).
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Join a small close knit team that provides direct support to young people living in shared supported accommodation with other young people, helping, supporting and guiding them to develop, learn and enhance key life skills in preparation for adulthood and independence.
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You will need to have a compassionate and light-hearted approach to working with our young people who may have neurodivergent differences and non-neurotypical processing, learning needs and autism and trauma based behaviours. Experience or knowledge in PACE would be an advantage.
This role has a sleep-in element .
We are currently seeking permanent full-time shift staff for our homes in Northampton.
✨ This role focuses on social care and keyworking support — not personal care.
🌿 Part-Time Support Worker (Fixed Hours)
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Northampton | £13.00 per hour + Bank Holiday & sleep-in enhancements
Hours: 35 hours over a 2-week fixed shift pattern
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We’re looking for someone kind, reliable and full of heart to join our small, close-knit team supporting young people in shared supported accommodation.
You’ll be helping young people to develop independence and confidence — things like cooking, budgeting, planning their week, and getting out into the community. Every day’s a bit different, and that’s what makes it rewarding.
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If you’ve got a light-hearted approach, enjoy conversation, and don’t mind a bit of organised chaos now and again, you’ll fit right in!
Experience with neurodiversity, autism, or trauma-informed support (like PACE) is a bonus, but not essential — we provide full induction and ongoing training.
✨ This role focuses on social care and keyworking support — not personal care.
Part-Time Support Worker
Flexible Support Worker
🌿 Flexible Support Worker (Zero Hours)
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Northampton | £13.00 per hour + Bank Holiday & sleep-in enhancements
Hours: Flexible – take up available shifts that suit your schedule
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Looking for a rewarding role that fits around your life? Join our friendly, supportive team as a Flexible Support Worker, helping young people in shared supported accommodation build confidence and independence for adulthood.
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You’ll work alongside our core team, stepping in when needed to cover shifts and support our young people — helping with day-to-day routines, cooking, appointments, community activities, and just being a friendly, steady presence when they need it most.
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This role is ideal for anyone who’s positive, reliable, and enjoys working with young people — whether you’re looking for extra hours alongside another job, studies, or other commitments.
Experience or awareness o
f autism, neurodiversity, or trauma-informed support (like PACE) is helpful, but we’ll provide training and guidance.
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✨ This is a social care keyworking role — personal care is not part of the job