Sessional Youth Worker - Training Kitchen and Cooking

Base71 Barnsley Youth Zone; Cudworth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Base71 Barnsley Youth Zone is recruiting a Sessional Youth Worker for the Training Kitchen and Cooking. This part-time, on-site role supports our catering team in delivering meals and cooking sessions for young people, across sessions and age groups.

You will teach fundamentals of cooking, health and safety, and hygiene, embracing diverse cultures while helping members understand nutrition, budgeting, and healthy lifestyles.

Qualifications

• Teaching fundamentals of cooking, health & safety alongside hygiene awareness.
• Ability to embrace all cultures in cooking sessions and help members explore diverse cuisines.
• Support budgeting and healthy lifestyle education for young people.

Responsibilities

• Lead cooking sessions for different age groups, from cookies with juniors to multi-course meals for seniors.
• Instruct health & safety, hygiene, and food handling as part of session activities.
• Contribute to creating inclusive, healthy meal options reflecting cultural diversity.

Job description

Sessional Youth Worker - Training Kitchen and Cooking

CAPTION:

• Company: BASE71 Barnsley Youth Zone
• Hours: Part-time
• Location: Barnsley, S71 1DS
• Working pattern: On-site
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 6 Oct 2026
• Closing date: 5 Nov 2026

Summary

Base71 Youth Zone is dedicated to young people and makes a bold statement about the importance 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 it’s 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.

You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of cooking, health & safety alongside hygiene awareness. This could be making cookies with the juniors or cooking a three-course meal with the seniors or working with young people to understand the importance and impact of nutrition. We love to embrace all cultures in our cooking sessions and help members explore all different types of cuisine whilst teaching the importance of budgeting and healthy lifestyles.

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.

You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of cooking, health & safety alongside hygiene awareness. This could be making cookies with the juniors or cooking a three-course meal with the seniors or working with young people to understand the importance and impact of nutrition. We love to embrace all cultures in our cooking sessions and help members explore all different types of cuisine whilst teaching the importance of budgeting and healthy lifestyles.