Horticultural Support Worker

Ag Jobs • Part-time • Cambridge, Not specified, United Kingdom • USD $24.94k - USD $26.60k / year • 4d ago

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

Support and care, including personal care.
To encourage and enable the development of the personal, social and employment skills of co-workers.
To provide training, support and supervision in horticulture/animal care/catering and/or retail and life skills, in a clear informative and engaging manner.
To carry out horticultural work and animal husbandry to a high standard.
To work in the shop as required.
To supervise and support volunteers and staff from other agencies.
Work with individual co-workers to promote their equality, dignity, mental and physical well- being.
Assist in preparation of person centred support plans and objective setting.
Attend co-worker reviews.
Act as a named support worker.
Maintain excellent working relationships with outside agencies and key people in the lives of the co-worker.
Respond appropriately to challenging needs, offering agreed support and graduated responses.
Maintain accurate records, report and refer as appropriate. Strictly observe the principals of confidentiality.
Promote and develop positive links with the local community.
Assume the lead responsibility for delegated tasks as determined by the line manager, such as infection control, risk assessing, and greenhouse watering systems.
Take responsibility for specific areas of work, such as permaculture area, animals, café.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
Horticultural Experience
Experience of helping people to access community services.

Desirable criteria

Retail work
Working with animals
Catering environment
Glasshouse work, seed sowing and watering

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

A flexible approach and attitude.
Able to use initiative.
Empathetic and caring

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
Ability to support people taking part in educational activities
Provide care and support in a way that recognises peoples right to privacy, dignity and treating everyone with respect.
Able to work within established guidelines and local/trust procedures
Horticultural Skills
Knowledge of relevant legislation and national minimum standards

Desirable criteria

Good communication skills
Ability to use catering and café equipment
Awareness of permaculture principles
Ability to use garden machinery

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Numeracy and literacy
Commitment to personal development
Participate in relevant training

Desirable criteria

Care qualification
Food Hygiene qualification
Horticulture qualification

Other

Essential criteria

Able to work in a physically demanding gardening environment.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people's mental health services;
Children's community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Horticultural Support Worker Band 3 Job description and Job (PDF, 230.9KB)
CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)
CPFT Benefits (PDF, 74.4KB)

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