Kitchen Assistant - Winkleigh, United Kingdom - Farms for City Children

Farms for City Children

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Winkleigh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Part time

Description

Location - Iddesleigh, Devon

Salary - £19,000 - £20,000
pro rata

Contract - Permanent, part time (22 hours per week) with an immediate start

Farms for City Children exists to remove the barriers that prevent children and young people from urban areas having meaningful access to the natural world and the farming sector.

Through a week on one of our three farms, Nethercott House in Devon, Lower Treginnis in Pembrokeshire and Wick Court in Gloucestershire, children and young people experience increased learning and engagement, improved connections with others and positive wellbeing and leave us with enhanced environmental citizenship.

This unique experience can be life changing.

Visiting children are immersed in the natural world of countryside, food, and farming life where they participate in the seasonal tasks of the day:

sowing, growing and harvesting in our kitchen gardens; caring for livestock and looking after the land; and cooking up a home-grown feast in the farmhouse kitchen.

Spending time working alongside real farmers fosters children's independence and helps them to grow in confidence, develops their self-esteem, and encourages them to become more resilient.

At our heritage farms - and in partnership with our commercial farming neighbours - children experience the benefits of collaboration, enjoy plenty of physical activity, good food, and fresh air, and discover the magical rural environment that is full of new words, sounds and experiences to inspire their creativity.

About the Role

The Kitchen Assistant supports the efficient running of a busy kitchen providing three nutritious meals each day to a large residential accommodation for groups of up to 39 children and their accompanying adults.

You will work as part of the team to ensure the needs of resident groups are met and that the highest standards of nutrition, food quality, food hygiene and health and safety are maintained.

We pride ourselves on being able to cater for a full range of dietary needs and cultural differences.

You will have regular and direct contact with our visiting children and adults, welcoming them upon arrival, supporting their induction into the house and maintaining a warm and friendly relationship throughout their stay.

Please see the
Job Description and Person Specificationfor further details.

How to Apply

We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible, so interviews will be arranged on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Farms for City Children is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment._

NO AGENCIES PLEASE - DIRECT RECRUITMENT ONLY

Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 22 per week

Salary:
£19,000.00-£20,000.00 per year

Schedule: