Food Technology Instructor – Hackney

Senovo Capital Management GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PAYE pay with assignment information

SEN recruitment specialist support

Clear registration process

Job summary

Senovo Resourcing Ltd is seeking a Food Technology Instructor for Hackney to guide students in practical cooking, emphasizing safe habits and confidence-building through structured sessions.

You will lead accessible activities, adapt tasks for varied needs and collaborate with staff to link practical learning with independent outcomes, while maintaining a safe, tidy kitchen space.

Qualifications

• Relevant food, catering, vocational-training or school-based experience.
• Confidence leading practical groups and adapting tasks for additional needs.
• Excellent safety awareness, patience and safeguarding practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead accessible cooking activities matched to pupils’ abilities and learning goals.
• Teach safe equipment use, hygiene, measuring and simple preparation techniques.
• Adapt recipes and instructions for communication, sensory and motor needs.
• Maintain an orderly practical space and clear risk-management routines.
• Work with teaching staff to connect practical learning with independence outcomes.

Skills

Practical teaching

Group leadership

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

Hackney, United Kingdom | Posted on 08/10/2026

Food Technology Instructor – Hackney

Location: Hackney

Contract: Contract

Pay: £140–£190 per day PAYE

The opportunity

A Hackney SEN school is looking for a practical Food Technology Instructor who can help pupils develop safe kitchen habits, confidence and useful preparation skills through well-structured sessions.

What you will do

• Lead accessible cooking activities matched to pupils’ abilities and learning goals.
• Teach safe equipment use, hygiene, measuring and simple preparation techniques.
• Adapt recipes and instructions for communication, sensory and motor needs.
• Maintain an orderly practical space and clear risk-management routines.
• Work with teaching staff to connect practical learning with independence outcomes.

What you will bring

• Relevant food, catering, vocational-training or school-based experience.
• Confidence leading practical groups and adapting tasks for additional needs.
• Excellent safety awareness, patience and safeguarding practice.
• QTS is not required for this school-support role.

Why work with Senovo

• PAYE pay with clear assignment information.
• Specialist support from an experienced SEN recruitment team.
• Clear communication throughout registration and placement.
• Opportunities matched to your experience, availability and travel area.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and complete Senovo’s safeguarding and compliance process, including suitable references and an enhanced child-workforce DBS check.

Senovo Resourcing Ltd is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Appointments are subject to vetting, references, right-to-work and enhanced DBS checks.