Food for Life Tutor: Practical Cooking & Vocational Skills

Woodlands School; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent professional learning

NPQs funded

Excellent resources and facilities

Significant leadership time on timetab

Staff wellbeing programme

Counselling and GP support

Collaboration across the Marches Trust

Job summary

Woodlands School in England is seeking a skilled Food for Life Tutor to design, develop and deliver a progressive curriculum that builds learners’ confidence, practical food skills and independence from Key Stage 2 through to Key Stage 4.

You will bring practical food preparation, cookery and food safety experience, and deliver accredited qualifications up to Level 2 while ensuring safe kitchen practices and learner progress in a SEND/SEMH environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in practical food preparation, cookery and food safety.
• Ability to design KS2–KS3 curriculum with progression to KS4.
• Experience delivering hospitality and catering qualifications up to Level 2.
• Ability to support SEND/SEMH learners.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a progressive KS2–KS4 Food for Life curriculum.
• Assess and progress learners through accredited qualifications up to Level 2.
• Take responsibility for kitchen organisation, hygiene and resources.
• Plan lessons that develop independence, budgeting and nutrition.
• Build positive relationships and adapt learning for diverse needs.
• Collaborate with staff to monitor learner progress and safety.

Skills

Practical food prep

Cookery

Food safety knowledge

Job description

Woodlands School in England is seeking a skilled Food for Life Tutor to design, develop and deliver a progressive curriculum that builds learners’ confidence, practical food skills and independence from Key Stage 2 through to Key Stage 4.

You will bring practical food preparation, cookery and food safety experience, and deliver accredited qualifications up to Level 2 while ensuring safe kitchen practices and learner progress in a SEND/SEMH environment.