Workshop and Gardening Supervisor

Full-time, Permanent, 22.5 hours per week

Job Purpose

We are seeking motivated, value driven, flexible staff to work with adults with learning disabilities / difficulties, mental health needs or acquired brain injuries. We are looking for a candidate that can become our on-site handyperson, able to run activities within our workshop and to support our commercial gardening service as required.

Duties include:

• Planning and facilitating activities within Key Enterprises and the wider community using your skills to support learning and the completion of tasks.
• Supporting service users to complete appropriate tasks safely.
• To undertake commercial and domestic gardening work to help raise funds to support the charity while providing a real work experience.
• Utilise the fully equipped workshop facilities to design and fabricate items to support our service.
• Ensure tools and equipment are well maintained and safely operated.
• To actively promote the company with the objective of attracting new gardening contracts and outdoor projects.
• Maintain an awareness of the changing needs of service users.
• Operate under the general direction of the Company’s Management and Board and comply with all approved policies and procedures.
• Work flexibly to cover staff absences.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of using commercial power tools and gardening equipment.
• Able to plan and organise effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate with a range of people, using a variety of communication methods.
• Possess the required values of empathy, kindness, integrity and respect.
• A passion for working with people with additional needs and providing person-centred support.
• Understand confidentiality.
• Competent in the use of IT including Office products.
• Self-motivation and an ability to work independently.
• Hold an awareness of safeguarding principles and their practical application.
• Experience of working with vulnerable people.
• Hold a full-clean driving licence.
• Ability to work in adherence to all health and safety recommendations.

Desirable skills:

• An awareness of a mental illness, learning disabilities /difficulties or day services.
• Understand the principles of safeguarding.

APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY REFERENCES AND A DBS CHECK.