Sessional Youth Worker - Training Kitchen and Cooking

BASE71 Barnsley Youth Zone; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Base71 Youth Zone is a dynamic charity providing a wide range of activities seven days a week for young people, including school holidays. The Sessional Youth Worker role focuses on the Training Kitchen and Cooking initiative, supporting healthy cooking sessions and hands-on food education for youths.

Working with our catering team, you will help plan and deliver engaging activities that teach young people how food choices impact health and culture, in a safe, welcoming environment alongside

Job description

Sessional Youth Worker - Training Kitchen and Cooking

Base71 Youth Zone is dedicated to young people and makes a bold statement about theimportance of giving young people high quality places to go in their leisure time. Open 7 days a week including school holidays, the Youth Zone’s purpose is to help young people grow to be happy, healthy and successful adults.

The state of the art £10 million building provides young people with facilities that are second to none delivering over twenty sporting, artistic, cultural and general recreational activities each session. Offering young people the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain support from friendly, warm and positive staff and volunteers

Cooking, the food we eat and how its influenced by family, culture and community values, is at the heart of Base71 Youth Zone.

Our catering team provides a meal for young people when they attend session, but we think it’s more important to teach our young people how to cook a healthy meal for themselves.