Job Description
Job Title:
LIVING SKILLS CO-ORDINATOR
Accountable to:
Catering Supervisor/Life Skills Coordinator/Community Operations Manager
Salary:
SCP 14 - £16,297 per annum
Hours of work:
37.5 hours per week/five days per week/Monday – Friday
Job Purpose:
To plan and deliver cookery/living skills sessions for young adults with complex
physical and/or sensory impairments.
Main duties and responsibilities:
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To lead and/or assist in the delivery of cookery sessions for young adults with complex physical
and/or sensory impairments. Effective planning of these sessions will need to take place to
ensure all runs smoothly.
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Support young adults in the Life Skills Centre, in the areas of cooking and food hygiene skills.
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Choose recipes that demonstrate key nutrition, food budgeting, and food preparation lessons
each week.
Assign participants kitchen tasks that allow each individual to gain hands-on practice and
improve their cooking skills. e.g. use of kitchen machinery.
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Where appropriate keep observational records of the participant’s development.
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Work with and support Life Skills Centre staff, volunteers and those on work experience who
may be assisting in the living skills area.
Ensure all relevant paperwork is maintained to a high standard including: session plans,
feedback, evidence sheets, evaluation and stock ordering.
Ensure that orders have been correctly delivered and stored in appropriate places. Orders must
be planned in advance and ordered the week before.
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Work within the constraints of a budget and plan cost effective sessions.
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Stock control; ensure that all the relevant stock is available, in date, replenished and undertake
any necessary audits annually.
Equipment maintenance; ensure that all living skills equipment is in good working order and
reported if a fault is to be found.
Contribute to the overall aims and targets of the Life Skills Centre. Provide ideas and
recommendations to improve sales and profit and assist the Life Skills Centre Manager in the
promotion of GK’s café business.
Work as a member of the Life Skills Centre team in a supportive, co-operative manner.
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Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the job.
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Participate in staff appraisals/supervisions in line with continuous professional development.
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At all times to work within the confines of the Chailey Heritage Foundation confidentiality of
information policy and protect information held on both staff and users, both paper and
electronic, exercising discretion, tact and diplomacy always complying with legislative
requirements.
At all times work within the confines of all the Chailey Heritage Foundation Policies, Procedures,
Protocols, Guidelines etc.
To undertake any other task that may be reasonably asked of you by the Life Skills Centre
Manager
To be flexible for occasions that may arise where some jobs require additional support, to
include the possibility of working an occasional evening or weekend and help in the café, should
it be required.
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Follow cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies and procedures.
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Understanding and abiding by health & safety guidelines and ensuring others do the same.
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Person Specification – Living Skills Co-ordinator
Qualification and skills
NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation and Cookery or equivalent
qualification
Level 2 Award in Food Safety or equivalent qualification
Comfortable speaking in front of groups (average class size is 5
participants).
Ability to travel to class location
High level of numeracy and literacy
Excellent communication skills
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post
Essential
Desirable
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Knowledge and experience
Previous experience of delivering cookery sessions
Knowledge and understanding of a leisure, educational, residential or
health setting
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to multi-task and organise/prioritise workload
Logical and methodical in approach to work
Willingness to acquire/improve skills
Experience of using computers
Maintains the highest standards of personal and food hygiene in the
kitchen at all times
Maintains the highest standards of safety in the kitchen and leads by
example
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Interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively face-to-face and on the
telephone
Able to demonstrate a good understanding of confidentiality
Self-motivated and able to use initiative
Good team player with ability to work unsupervised when required
Willingness to provide support for other staff
Ability to use tact and diplomacy in all situations
Committed to high standards of customer service with a good eye for
attention to detail
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Personal qualities
Smart and tidy appearance
An outgoing personality
The ability to stay calm under pressure
Discreet and tactful
A good memory for faces
Efficient and well organised
Able to empathise with people with physical disabilities
An interest in the activities of the LSC
Good sense of humour
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