Camphill Coworker

If you are interested in embarking on a new adventure - a new way of living and working together Camphill is the place for you.

Camphill staff, called coworkers, live and work alongside people with developmental and other disabilities in one of twelve Camphill communities in North America. Coworkers come from around the globe, and from diverse backgrounds. Individuals and families alike join our communities to share their lives together, working alongside each other towards a common goal and building lasting friendships. Members of each house community are responsible for the care, beauty, maintaining and running of the home. They support each other in the daily work and create a unique social culture, which includes a focus on communal meals. Coworkers are responsible for the health and care needs of the people they live with. Together everyone builds a community together, promoting each other’s skills and ambitions.

Being a coworker in Camphill requires stamina, perseverance and an openness to learn. For those excited by this challenge, the rewards are manifold: personal satisfaction, friendships, discovering new interests and capacities, developing skills, making a difference, being part of a community effort for world healing.

Everyone in Camphill contributes to the sustaining of the community according to his or her ability, striking a balance between personal interest and community need. This may mean working together with people with developmental and other disabilities in a craft workshop producing a beautiful woven fabric or wooden toys; working in the community store and cafe; producing bread, baked goods and preserved foods for community households, for the café, and for distribution to shops and outlets; working on the farm with the animals, pastures, chickens, orchards, crops; and landscape gardening, maintaining and beautifying the property.