About Camphill Village Trust:
Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 70th year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.
We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.
Purpose:
The Food Production Assistant will help with the day-to-day food production, making products based on raw ingredients being produced in the gardens/farms. Processing it into foodstuff such as jams, chutneys, juices and dishes to sell to internal and external customers in our shops, cafes, at events and online.
The purpose of the role is to assist in running a safe and effective production kitchen environment, where people are being supported to have meaningful roles in the food production team as part of their engagement in our Nature-based Therapies and Skills (NBTS) programmes.
Locations & Travel:
Botton Village (Danby, North Yorkshire)
The role will be based at Botton Village, Danby, in the North Yorkshire Moors. To be considered for the role, you must be able to reliably travel to our site.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Operating safe food environments:
- Delivering safe practice in the food production environment – meeting the day-to-day operational requirements of the HACCP processes and procedures including:
-Ensuring all required tasks and records/documentation to ensure/evidence we run a safe business are completed.
-Informing risk assessment.
-Reporting unresolvable problems/issues and risks.
-Reporting buildings and maintenance issues.
- Ensuring the products we make are safe and in-line with all relevant regulatory requirements (e.g. labelling, safety testing etc).
- Proactively seeking solutions to day-to-day operational challenges.
Financial:
- Assisting with co-ordinating supplies/suppliers and stock management, seeking to minimise waste and deliver value for money.
People:
- Share skills and develop capabilities in the team.
- Assist with integrating and training new staff and volunteers.
Service Development and Promotion:
- Share ideas for service improvement.
- Build and maintain good relationships with stakeholders, including people we support, customers, suppliers, family members, colleagues and partners/visiting professionals, while ensuring the Camphill Village Trust ethos is clearly communicated.
- Help embed the farm to fork ethos, showcasing the nutritious, locally grown produce and demonstrating creativity in using that produce to offer all kinds of delicious food that changes with the seasons.
- Work alongside the retail team to produce items for sale in our shops, café’s and local businesses
General:
- To comply with the Trust’s Policies and Procedures, including Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Data Protection.
- To comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
- Employees must look after their own health, safety and welfare and be mindful of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees must co-operate and comply with management instructions regarding Health and Safety issues and report all accidents, incidents and problems as soon as practicable to their manager or other senior members of staff where necessary.
- To ensure that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times.
- To attend and participate in Team Meetings, 1-2-1 Supervision sessions and other meetings as required in line with the post.
- To undertake any other duties which are consistent with this post, as directed by line management.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have a full, valid, UK driving license with access to your own vehicle?
- Please provide your email address and postcode (if they do not feature on your CV).
- Please provide details of your right to work in the UK. If you are a visa holder, please ensure you tell us your visa type and EXACT expiry date. We will not be able to progress your application if you do not provide this information.
Work Location: In person
