Chef Tutor

Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place. We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.

The main purpose of the role: As one of our Chef Tutors your role is to plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging and individualised Food Preparation sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student. Your role is to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently. Always promote a professional attitude and approach with students and learner support practitioners, to support students to develop the skills required to be 'work ready, life ready.

Key duties:

• Effectively and professionally plan, prepare and resource highly individualised sessions of the highest quality, including those sessions where you may be absent, according to the published scheme of work.
• Deliver professional, inspiring, and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which all students are motivated and engaged throughout.
• Plan and prepare robust and professional assessments and ensure that all tracking (including baselining, target setting and review) and reports associated with these are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner.
• All tutors must be familiar with, and actively use the principles of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement).
• Work professionally and collaboratively with all colleagues and teams across the Academy, including the Therapy team and House Managers, to analyse student performance and ensure that all students make progress commensurate with their ability.
• Ensure that all students receive professional, timely and effective feedback, with appropriate strategies (next steps) to improve their performance.
• Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners (LSP) within your session, and to actively always promote a professional attitude and approach with the LSP.

Skills and Qualifications

• Level 2 in English & Maths
• City and Guilds (Or other recognised awarding body) Hospitality and Catering Level 2 or equivalent
• Level 3 certificate in Education
• Level 4 certificate in Education (desirable or willing to work towards)
• Experience of working in a hospitality catering setting.
• Experience in vocational education (desirable).
• Experience of working in a team setting.

Benefits and Additional Information

• Continued training and support
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• 10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at Foxes Hotel
• Life assurance and pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Perk box
• Free parking

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.