We Are Hiring – Cooking & Nutrition
Join our collaborative Day Services Team providing activities in our supportive community for adults with moderate, severe, and profound learning disabilities.
Do you enjoy providing meaningful and purposeful activities for adults with learning disabilities or similar vulnerabilities? Would you like to join a team with a Coordinator, Session Leader, Activity Leaders, and fantastic volunteers offering a diverse range of activities such as drama, dance, singing, music, woodwork, arts and crafts, gardening, and cooking, among others?
We have positions for 2 Activity Leaders who are adaptable, solution focused, and optimistic with experience and enthusiasm to lead activities with adults with learning disabilities. Below are details for a Cooking and Nutrition Activity Leader, details of the Creative & Performing Arts Activity Leader role are available here.
At The Life Project (Bath), we encourage candidates from all backgrounds, as we value diverse perspectives. We’re committed to creating a friendly, safe, and fulfilling work environment that inspires our team to give their best. By attracting and developing talented individuals, we foster a culture where happy and engaged team members perform at their best, making it easier for us to support our Service Users. Together, we build an inclusive, rewarding workplace for all.
Activity Leader (Cooking & Nutrition)
Can you plan, prepare, and lead activities centered around food, engaging our Makers throughout the whole process? This will involve:
- Supporting adults with learning disabilities in fostering a sense of community.
- Assisting our Makers in preparing nutritious lunches for everyone involved in the day’s Session.
- Applying your skills to help Makers create items that can be gifted or sold, such as jams and chutneys, as well as treats like scones and cakes for the Life Project community.
- Working as part of a small team of staff and volunteers, you will also engage in wider daily sessions.
Well, we have a vacancy for an Activity Leader (Cooking & Nutrition) to join our friendly team. We are looking for a person who has experience and knowledge of working with adults with learning disabilities or similar vulnerabilities. Ideally, you will have experience cooking for 12+ people, leading cooking sessions, and empowering others with kitchen skills.
This is a 6 hours per week role, 5 hours Wednesday 9:30am to 14:30pm plus 1 hour additional preparation time.
This is initially a temporary position from January to March 2025. This is because we are implementing a renewed organisational structure from April 2025 that will result in slightly increased weekly hours and rate of pay for all our Activity Leaders at this time. For the right candidate this role will become a permanent position in line with our new structure from April 2025.
£11.92 per hour based in Englishcombe, Bath.
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 9th December 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 16th December 2024 (Date TBC)
If this sounds like you, download a copy of the Recruitment Pack and Application Form or get in touch (info@lifeprojectbath.org.uk) if you have any questions or for further information. Please note we do not accept copies of CV’s, applications must be made on the Application form.
