Overview
and Responsibilities
Bank/Casual Chef Tutor - Aurora Foxes
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Hourly Rate: £. - £. per hour + .5% Holiday Pay
Contract: Bank/Casual Contract - 8 hour shifts – Flexible days to suit you!
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 Bank/Casual 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:
1. As a tutor we expect you to plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging, and individualised sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student.
2. We expect all tutors to support the students professionally, effectively and sensitively in their learning.
3. We expect all tutors to manage student behaviour professionally and effectively, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.
4. We expect every student to make progress each session and that this progress is recorded, evidenced and evaluated effectively and efficiently.
5. 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. We expect every tutor to be fully always engaged in the session without exception.
6. All tutors must be familiar with, and actively use the principles of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement).
7. To maintain and develop further the highest professional standards within Food Preparation.
8. To prepare food to the highest standards in line with hotel menus.
Please use the following link to view the full job description and breakdown of duties:
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
9. Level 4 certificate in Education, equivalent or higher
10. Level 2 in English & Maths
11. City and Guilds Hospitality and Catering Level 2 or equivalent
12. Experience of working in a hospitality catering setting.
13. Experience in vocational education (desirable).
14. Experience of working in a team setting.
15. Food Hygiene certificate (desirable).
16. Allergens knowledge (desirable).
17. Working with young vulnerable adults or children (desirable).
Benefits and Additional Information
Apply/Enquiries
For candidates that haven’t worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.
Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.
If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Adele in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at