Relief Cover Staff

Relief Cover Staff

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Salary: £12.78 per hour (FTE £25.016.85 based on 37.5 hours per week)

Hours: Variable hours to cover staff absences across Brunswick

Are you looking for flexible hours and the chance to be a part of our happy and supportive team? Do you enjoy enabling others to learn and develop, and value the connections we can build with each other? If so, this might be the role for you!

Relief Cover Staff step in to cover staff absences including holidays, training and sickness. The role involves supporting one-to-one, or leading small groups of workers, in their work at Brunswick. You will create a safe and positive environment which offers opportunities for workers to develop their practical and social skills; and help them build self-confidence to be an active and valued member of the Brunswick community.

We need cover for a range of work areas, and your knowledge and/or practical experience will be at a level where you can confidently lead and support others with tasks. For instance, staff who cover horticulture tend to have either a horticulture qualification or experience of working in a related role. We’re looking for people who already have knowledge and experience in at least one of these work areas: Cooking, administration and events planning, shop, one-to-one support, crafts, garden services, plant production, land crops, and woodwork. Cover is mostly booked in advance e.g. to cover holidays but is also required at short notice e.g. to cover illness on the day. Our ideal candidates therefore would expect to sometimes be available to respond to short notice cover requests.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience of supporting people with a range of skills and abilities.
• Ability to motivate others and create a positive and rewarding environment.
• Confident skills/experience in at least one of the work areas mentioned above.
• Knowledge and ideally experience of building inclusion.
• Good IT skills.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Benefits:

• Friendly and supportive team
• Rolled up holiday pay to the equivalent of 7 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee assistance program

Closing date: We will be reviewing applications on a weekly basis until the position(s) are filled and expect to hold some interviews by the end of January/early February. Please therefore apply as soon as possible.

To arrange an informal chat, please contact Eleanor Caveen (HR Officer) or Lauren Webb (Co-Director) on: 01904 701869.

You can return your application form by:

• Email to hr@brunswickyork.org.uk(please include ‘Relief Cover Support Staff’ in the subject line)
• Post to Brunswick Organic Nursery, Appleton Road, Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2RF
• Handing it into our office between 9am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday.