Support Worker - Residential Addictions Service

Priory; Grafton Regis; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Your birthday off (extra annual leave)

Funded professional qualifications & 1

Tax-free Tech & Cycle schemes

Simply Health Cash Plan & subsidisedGY

Contributory pension scheme & long

Job summary

Priory Tudor House in a rural setting is opening a new residential addiction rehab service. We offer a 37.5 hour workweek with full-time shifts, starting January, and a salary of £26,227.50 per year.

You’ll help build the service from the ground up with a supportive, therapy-led approach. As a Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker, you’ll create a welcoming community through conversations, activities, and practical encouragement while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure client

Qualifications

• Experience in care, support, or helping people is valuable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborative Support: Work closely with therapy team and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure coordinated client care.
• Professional Boundaries: Maintain warm relationships with clients while upholding clear professional boundaries.

Skills

Compassion

Connection

Teamwork

Resilience

Empowerment

Growth

Job description

Department: Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers

Compensation: £26,227.50 / year

Department: Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers

Location: Tudor House

Compensation: £26,227.50 / year

Description

Priory Tudor House - Residential Addictions Service
Salary £26,227.50/ annually | 37.5 hours/week (Full time)
Shifts: Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays
3 Long days | 7am or 7pm start (TBC)

Located in a beautiful rural setting in Grafton Regis, Priory Tudor House offers a revolutionary, therapy-led residential addiction rehab service. Just a 20-minute drive from Northampton and Milton Keynes with free on-site parking, our home is a place where deep human connection is everything.

Opening this January, this is a unique opportunity to help shape our new service from the ground up.

While we know what we expect from our support workers, you won’t just be stepping into a fixed routine. Instead, you'll have the exciting opportunity to help design and evolve the role as we welcome our first clients.

What you'll be do

In this role, you’ll be an important part of everyday life—creating a welcoming community through conversation, shared activities, and practical encouragement.

• Collaborative Support: Work closely alongside our therapy team and multidisciplinary colleagues, ensuring smooth communication and a unified approach to client care.
• Professional Boundaries: Build warm, positive relationships with clients while maintaining clear, safe professional boundaries to support their recovery journey.
• Daily Engagement: Guide everyday routines and activities, encouraging clients to participate actively and develop independence.
• Accurate Handovers: Maintain precise, objective daily notes and share critical insights to keep the wider team aligned.
• Safety & Dignity: Help maintain a secure, welcoming environment that strictly protects client confidentiality and wellbeing.

If you are adaptable, patient, and ready to help build a supportive environment right from the start, come and build something special with us.

Discover the Flourish approach:

See how we create life-changing spaces for our clients by exploring our Flourish Webpage Residential Addiction Rehab | Flourish - Prioryand watching the Flourish Video.

What you'll bring

We look for individuals with the right personal qualities and transferable skills. Experience in care, support, or a role focused on helping people is valuable, but a background in addiction services is not required to make an impact here.

• Compassion: A naturally empathetic approach and an understanding of the complex challenges faced by people experiencing addiction.
• Connection: Strong communication skills to build genuine rapport while maintaining clear professional boundaries.
• Teamwork: A positive, collaborative approach to working alongside both clients and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Resilience: Deep patience, emotional stamina, and the ability to maintain a calm, reassuring response in challenging situations.
• Empowerment: The confidence to encourage client independence, respect individual choices, and champion recovery goals.
• Growth: A proactive willingness to learn, undertake training, and continuously develop your skills.

Top Priory Perks

• Your birthday off (extra annual leave)
• Funded professional qualifications & clear career pathways
• Tax-free Tech & Cycle schemes
• Simply Health Cash Plan & subsidised gym memberships
• Contributory pension scheme & long service rewards

Priory covers all DBS check costs.