social garden & farm coordinator

About the role

This is a wonderful opportunity to make a positive difference to people’s lives.

As a Social Garden/ Farm Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for planning and organising the social garden and creating a strategic framework to help create a long term sustainable social garden. The role includes the need to promote the social garden service provision, attend events and meetings outside of the garden and liaise with the Camphill Village Trust marketing team to help promote and advertise the social garden opportunities. The role will encompass exploring opportunities for funding, collaborating with external partners and developing new support opportunities within the social garden. The role includes leading the garden team, and working with the garden manager to ensure the needs of the garden, and people supported are met. There is some record keeping involved including recording information in spreadsheets and drafting emails and basic word tasks using word documents.

About us

Camphill Village Trust is an award-winning national charity supporting people with learning and other disabilities. We provide housing, care, support and day opportunities to people with learning and other difficulties. We support people to be safe, healthy, happy and to be active citizens living a life of opportunity.  We provide housing, care, support and day opportunities.

Ashfield Gardens, which is where this role will be based is in a beautiful semi-rural location between Stourbridge and Kidderminster and is part of our Stourbridge Community.

What we provide

We provide a full induction and free training.

Our rate of pay for this role is £22,000 per annum for a 37.5 hour week

We offer great benefits, which include 33 days holiday, an opportunity to ‘cash in’ 1 week’s leave a year, and an employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family. Free on-site parking is available.

What we need from you

You will have may have experience working within a Care Farm or similar care / land based setting and have previous experience of teaching or delivering structured activities to groups. Significant knowledge of farming practice and animal husbandry is essential, along with a good knowledge of health and safety legislation. What is important to us is that you share our values, have a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.  You will be good at both listening to and talking with people.  You will have a positive and patient approach to supporting people with daily activities and enjoy helping people learn and explore new things. You have a flexible approach and like work both as part a team as well as on your own.

Normally you will work your hours between 9-5 on Monday to Friday but it is possible that on occasion you may be asked to work outside of these hours of the days,

A full manual driving licence which allows you to drive in the UK will be required, as you will be driving the charity’s vehicles. Tractor Driving Experience is desirable but not essential.

Next Steps

If this job sounds like the right one for you, click Apply and complete the short on-line application form. We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

We’ll respond to your application within three working days. [We will not wait until the closing date to arrange interviews so if we have filled the vacancies before the advertised closing date we will close this advert early.]

Successful applicants for this role will require an Enhanced DBS check. We committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. We will undertake checks of successful candidates before starting work, which will include an Enhanced DBS check.  For more details please see our webpage on the recruitment process.