Day Service & Farm Assistant
Thornage Hall Independent Living provides supported living accommodation in five houses located in the beautiful surroundings of the Thornage Hall estate. Alongside this we offer a day service provision based on a 70 acre biodynamic farm, welcoming adults with mild-moderate learning disabilities and autism.
Over the last 30 years, we have built on the success of our farm and market garden and converted farm buildings into studios for our day service workshops offering a whole variety of arts and crafts, IT, cooking, music and woodwork activities. We are proud to deliver workshops which each greatly enrich the lives of our service users, allowing them to develop new skills within a working environment.
We are looking for a versatile Male Day Service & Farm Assistant to join our passionate and supportive staff team. On this occasion, we would welcome applications from men only due to a genuine occupational requirement to specifically assist a male service user 1:1. We have a Part-time and Full time role available and Job Share will be considered.
If you:
- Are you passionate about helping people;
- Can work somewhere where no two days are the same;
- Would like to join a committed and high-functioning staff team;
- Want to help adults with learning disabilities to achieve their goals and aspirations;
- Are flexible enough to work across our workshops alongside colleagues supporting our service users;
- Could support some of our service users on a 1:1 basis within their workshops;
- Would like to benefit from staff discounts, free parking, ongoing training, wellbeing support and our pension scheme;
- Would like to earn between £24,798 and £25,565 pro rata
Then we would love to hear from you!
Closing date for applications is 12 noon 21st August.
https://www.thornagehall.co.uk/work-for-us
Please note we cannot just accept CV's so please complete our application form and equal opportunities form in the link above. If you require this printing please contact us on the details below.
A full manual driving licence is required and an offer will be dependent on successful references being taken and DBS check.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about either role, please contact Penny Nicholas on 01263 860305 or email [email protected]
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £24,798.00-£25,565.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
