Programme Lead (Food & Retail Skills)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Whitby; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Camphill Village Trust's Botton Village seeks a Programme Lead to plan, deliver and assess 13‑week activities in catering, food prep and retail, while supervising support staff.

You will tailor activities to participant goals, assess needs, manage risk, and support coordination with families, social workers and professionals. Vehicle access preferred in this rural site.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English (C or above) or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards it.
• At least 1 year in social care/education or similar setting.
• Experience leading people in a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, deliver and assess 13-week activity programmes in catering, food prep, processing and retail.
• Induct, supervise and develop support staff; manage workloads and rotas.
• Lead health and safety practices, risk assessments and safeguarding.
• Recruit and train staff and volunteers in collaboration with the manager.
• Record progress data and contribute to KPI and reporting requirements.
• Build relationships with participants, families, social workers and professionals.
• Create and adapt programmes to meet personal goals and progression.
• Maintain session records and reflect on activity effectiveness.
• Support cross-programme collaboration with other leads.

Skills

Staff supervision

Programme planning

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Food environment

Education

GCSE Maths/English (C+)

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Programme Lead for the Food and Retail Skills programmes at Camphill Village Trust's Botton Village community, working with adults who attend on a day basis or live in the trust's supported homes. The post centres on planning, delivering and assessing individual 13-week activity programmes in catering, food preparation and retail, and line managing support staff. The rural site has no public transport, so access to a vehicle is strongly advised. A DBS check is required before appointment.

What the job involves

• Develop, plan, deliver and assess activities within the Supported Catering, Food Prep and Processing, Supported Retail and Customer Service programmes
• Develop 13-week programmes of activity tailored to each participant's personal goals
• Work with participants to identify individual goals and progression objectives
• Assess, induct and review participants' support needs, ensuring support plans and risk assessments are in place with social workers, families and key workers
• Manage and work alongside Support Workers, carrying out supervisions, observations and staff development
• Lead health and safety practice, including risk assessment of the environment and people and safe operating procedures
• Support the Manager to recruit, induct and train staff and volunteers, and assist with staffing rotas
• Collect evidence of progression and data for KPI and other reporting requirements
• Work with other Programme Leads to curate nature-based programmes of activity
• Build relationships with the community, family members and professionals, and support events, visits, trials and inductions for new participants
• Keep records of sessions and programme plans, and reflect on the effectiveness of activities
• Comply with Trust policies on safeguarding, equality, data protection and confidentiality

What's required

Qualifications

• Maths and English GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willingness to work towards it

Experience

• At least one year's experience in a social care, education or other support setting
• At least one year's experience of line managing people
• Previous experience working in a kitchen or food preparation environment

Skills & knowledge

• Confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Strong and adaptable communication skills
• Assessing risk where hot or cold liquids, food, equipment and machinery are used
• Leading programmes in food environments in line with Safer Food Better Business
• Leading programmes and people in customer-facing retail environments

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check

Other

• Ability to travel reliably to the Botton Village site
• Calm, person-oriented approach with a flexible mindset, able to give and take direction
• Honest, dependable and dedicated
• Common-sense, approachable and mature attitude

Nice to have

• Health and safety and/or first aid qualification
• Safeguarding training certificate
• Care Certificate
• Experience delivering activity-based group sessions to people with support needs
• Experience supporting adults with additional needs
• Experience of supervising practice in a social care setting
• Understanding of the therapeutic benefits of a connection with nature
• Driving licence with access to own vehicle