Settled teams, meaningful work
Working Here
The Community has a strong, cohesive staff team supporting people with complex needs in an innovative and creative way.
Interested in joining us? Complete our short online expression of interest, then download your completed PDF and email it to enquiries@comae.org.uk.
Express an interestTick the optional consent box if you would like us to keep your details for up to 12 months. We will contact you if we hold a recruitment round for a suitable role during that time.
Full application
Only complete this form if our recruitment team has asked you to do so. Fill it in online, then download your completed PDF and email it to enquiries@comae.org.uk.
Residential staff work an extended, structured rota, normally spending two days at a time alongside residents in the home, followed by two or three days off. The rota also provides a three-day weekend every other weekend. This means fewer handovers, greater consistency and continuity, and more opportunity to share in the ordinary routines of household life, with managers, specialist day staff and a 24-hour emergency backup system providing additional support.
No two shifts are exactly alike. Staff begin with a thorough handover and organise the day around residents' care plans, appointments, activities and choices. Much of the role is ordinary shared life: preparing meals, shopping, helping to keep the home running and spending time with residents. Alongside this, staff support medication, accompany people to appointments and activities, keep clear records, communicate with colleagues and professionals, and respond calmly when someone needs additional support.
Residents are involved in staff selection where appropriate, and feedback on care provision is encouraged and supported.
People join us from a broad range of backgrounds, and staff of all faiths and none are welcome. A structured induction and ongoing supervision help staff understand the Community's model, their responsibilities and the needs of the people they support.
Confidence, safety and consistency
Training and development
Training is central to safe, thoughtful and consistent support for people with complex mental health needs.
Our training team matches learning to the needs of residents, staff, homes and individual roles. The focus is practical as well as theoretical: staff develop the knowledge and confidence to understand mental health, manage risk, respond calmly in a crisis and build respectful relationships in everyday life.
The programme includes mental health awareness, positive behaviour support, safeguarding, medication awareness, mental capacity, breakaway, crisis intervention, de-escalation and first aid, alongside induction, refreshers, role-specific learning and further development throughout employment.
We invest in ongoing learning because skilled, confident and consistent teams are essential to the safety, quality and stability of every placement.