Job Vacancies | Heeley City Farm

Adult Supported Placement Co-ordinator

To work with adults with Learning Disabilities in our Supported Placements Service (Woodwork and Construction)

Salary: £12.25p/h - with a pay rise in April.

Hours: 22.5 Hours per week Monday - Wednesday

Role

The role is to design and deliver supported placement activity sessions for adults with learning disabilities (18 to 60). 

We are looking for an experienced support worker who is comfortable to work outdoors in all weathers but also deliver indoor sessions, you will need to be physically fit as this is a hands-on role leading by example.

Placements give adults with learning disabilities the opportunity to develop social and personal skills, increased self-confidence, assertiveness, making choices, mixing with others, teamwork, learning independent living skills and being safe and ‘street smart'. By working outside and doing physical work placements can also benefit and improve health and fitness, develop mobility and dexterity. 

Hours/Days

Monday to Wednesday 9am to 5pm with half an hour unpaid lunch. We may sometimes require cover during weekdays/weekends to cover staff holidays so may be able to offer additional hours

Responsibilities and Duties

The role is to deliver activity sessions in woodwork and construction. We are also open to additional activities that could be designed by you with any innovative ideas or skills you may have, this will give variety and interest to our placement programme. The post will also involve working with members of the public who are visiting the farm site giving information about the farm and keeping the site safe for all the visitors and service users.

Safeguarding

We take our safeguarding responsibility seriously and candidates will be expected to supply relevant references and be willing to take a DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from any activity relevant to children or vulnerable people.

For an application pack e-mail jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk Enquiries to:   aly@heeleyfarm.org.uk or call Aly on 01142505111 Closing date for applications applications 5.00pm Friday 4th of April 2025.

Secondary Education and Animal Care Practitioner

To join our friendly education team on the farm site delivering outdoor activities

Time: From May 2025 for 10-12 months

Salary: Band 3 - £12.86p/h - £25,077 pro rata

Background

Heeley City Farm is a community charity based in the heart of Sheffield. We work in the setting of a mini working farm providing education and training to a range of people from all backgrounds and abilities.

Role

Heeley City Farm is hiring a Secondary Education & Animal Care Practitioner to deliver engaging sessions for secondary alternative provision learners, many with SEND. Working with ELS tutors, the role involves leading creative activities for young people (11-16) with challenging behaviour. Experience with this age group is required, along with knowledge of farm animals or a strong willingness to learn and a willingness to work outside in all weathers.

Hours/Days

15 hours per week - Monday and Tuesday 9-5pm (with 30 mins unpaid lunch) - Sessions are delivered 9-3pm

The successful candidate will be expected to carry out animal care and site maintenance duties after taught sessions have finished and during school holidays, as well as support the delivery of holidays playschemes and programmes.

Responsibilities and Duties

Candidates will deliver engaging programmes to young people in activities, primarily in animal care, but including gardening and site maintenance. We would welcome bringing in additional skills and ideas for sessions. They will work with at least one other tutor to deliver quality educational programmes at the farm, based in our outdoor classrooms, gardens and around animals. We will also require collaboration and initiative into planning of sessions, writing reports and evaluating sessions. The candidate must be an excellent team player as well as be able to work independently and use initiative. This role will start in May 2025 and is expected to continue for 10-12 months. There may be potential to continue elements of the role once the maternity period has ended and subject to funding.

For application pack email jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk

Enquiries to: s.wild@heeleyfarm.org.uk Or call Heeley City Farm, 01142505105.

Completed applications must be received by 17.00 hours, Mon 7th April

Appointment of new Trustees

Heeley City Farm was founded in 1981 following a successful campaign to halt a bypass. The Heeley Tenants and Resident’s Association wanted to see the derelict land, earmarked for the road, transformed to improve the Heeley community. The Farm has become a cornerstone in the Heeley community, as well as for many people from further afield. As well as being a place for people and families to visit, the Farm provides opportunities for young people and for vulnerable adults

Having faced some challenges in 2022, the Farm is in a far more positive and stronger position. Since then, a new Board of Trustees has been appointed and, with the Senior Leadership Team, has clarified the Farm’s purpose and priorities and stabilised the financial position. The Board is now working very closely with staff to ensure that the Farm continues to successfully play its role in the community.

The Farm is looking to further strengthen the board with the appointment of four new trustees.

The role

Heeley City Farm is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Heeley City Farm’s trustees form the governing body for the charity and company. They are responsible for ensuring that the Farm fulfils its purpose, complies with its articles of association and the law, and manages its resources well. The trustees must always act in the Farm’s best interests, act with reasonable care and skill, and fulfil statutory accountability requirements.

More specifically, the trustees agree and then oversee the implementation of our longer-term plans for the Farm both as a city-wide resource for young people and vulnerable adults and as an integral part of community development in Heeley, Meersbrook and Gleadless Valley.

Trustees must be able to commit to attending meetings held once per month, usually on a Thursday evening at 5:30pm at the Farm.

The trustees are unpaid but can claim reasonable expenses.

Trustees must be at least 16 years old and must not be disqualified from being a charity trustee or company director. They are also subject to an enhanced DBS check given the nature of activities undertaken by the Farm

Further information about the role of charity trustees can be found on the Charity Commission website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-commission-guidance

Person specification

The Farm wishes to appoint trustees with a diversity of backgrounds, experience and skills. As well as a deeply held commitment to community development and tackling disadvantage and inequality, the new trustees will include people with:

A passion for local communities

Community and organisational development skills

SEND experience

Site works/building development experience

Commercial experience

Finance (Treasurer)

Human resources and legal knowledge and experience

Charity or equivalent governance experience

Working with similar organisations or in related areas.

Applications

If you are interested in being a Trustee, we will be holding 1 hour tours/information sessions on the farm on Saturday 29th March at 11am and Sunday 30th March at 11am, where the Chair of Trustees and one of the farm’s CEOs will explain the services the Farm supports and the activities that take place and will describe the way the Board supports the CEOs.

If you could register your attendance of a tour by emailing jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk and state which session you would like to attend. Please send this by Thursday 27th March.

Following attendance of one of the above sessions, if you would like to apply to be a trustee, applications should be sent to jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk by 5pm on Friday 11th April. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview with the Farm’s chair and two others. If you have any questions please ask by emailing jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk or phoning 01142505105.

Adult Supported Placement Bank Staff

To work with Adults with Learning Disabilities in our Adult Supported Placements programme

Salary: £12.15p/h

Hours subject to need

Role

Heeley City Farm are looking for bank to cover staff sickness and holidays. We work with adults from 18 to 65 who come to the farm as part of Adult Supported Placements attending throughout the year except bank holidays and the Christmas holidays.

Working alongside the ASP Coordinators in the ASP (Adult Supported Placements department), the successful candidate or candidates will support in delivering fun, creative, and engaging activities to a range of adults with learning disabilities. Some of the activities will be based outside and often around animals so the successful candidate or candidates will be comfortable being outside in all weathers and with working with people with a range of different abilities and support needs needs. Experience in support work is essential and any of the following areas would be a bonus: gardening, arts and crafts, animal care, woodwork, cooking, sport.

Hours/Days

We deliver placements Monday-Saturday between 9am and 4.30pm.

This role is for a zero-hour casual role.

Responsibilities and Duties

Candidates will work alongside another staff member delivering engaging activities in animal care, gardening, cooking, arts and crafts, woodwork, sport and drumming (depending on what activity cover is needed).

Safeguarding

Youth/Education Cover and Bank Staff

To work with children and young people in our education programme

Salary: £10.90p/h (moving to £12p/h in May 2024)

Hours subject to need

Background

Heeley City Farm are an equal opportunities employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture. We do not discriminate against candidates because of disability, race, sex or gender identity and welcome applications from all minority groups.

Role

Heeley City Farm are looking for bank or cover staff to cover sickness and holiday. There may be opportunities to provide longer term support to students. We work with children aged 7-18 years during school hours who come to the farm as part of their education.

Working alongside teachers in the ELS (Education, Learning and Skills) department, the successful candidate or candidates will support students in delivering fun, creative, and engaging activities to a range of young people with SEND. Most of the activities will be based outside and often around animals so the successful candidate or candidates will be comfortable being outside in all weathers and with working with young people with a range of different abilities and needs. Experience in any of the following areas would be a bonus: gardening and horticulture, forest schools, arts. animal care, teaching, support work, classroom assistant, working with vulnerable young people.

Hours/Days

We deliver alternative provision Monday-Thursday during term time between 9am and 3pm.

We may sometimes require cover during weekends and school holidays on our youth work sessions.

This role is for a zero-hour casual role.

Responsibilities and Duties

Candidates will work alongside another staff member delivering engaging programmes to young people in activities such as animal care, forest schools, gardening and food growing. They will work alongside teachers to deliver quality educational programmes at the farm, based in our outdoor classrooms, gardens and around animals.

For an application pack e-mail admin@heeleyfarm.org.uk

Enquiries to: s.wild@heeleyfarm.org.uk

Or call Sarah on 01142505105 This is a rolling recruitment until 30/04/2024 so applications will be considered as they are received.

Sessional staff to deliver on school day visits

To deliver educational sessions to groups of school children

Salary: £10.90p/h (moving to £12p/h in May 2024)

Hours subject to need

Background

Role

Heeley City Farm are looking for sessional staff to deliver on school day visits for primary and secondary schools. Sessions are based around animal tours and handling, gardening and composting. Full training will be given before any delivery. There may also be some work in developing and delivering new sessions and developing the school visits programme.

We currently deliver sessions to school groups around feeding animals, animal handling and grooming, seed planting, composting and pollination. Although experience in these areas would be a bonus, we can offer training in these sessions. However, enthusiasm and confidence in working with, and managing, groups of children independently will be essential.

Hours/Days

School visits can happen Monday to Friday, with no fixed day or guarantee of hours. We usually deliver a morning block (10-12pm) and/or an afternoon block (1-3pm).

This role is for zero hours, casual role.

Responsibilities and Duties

Candidates will work with groups of 10-20 children delivering pre prepared, planned and resourced sessions, usually outside and in the areas of animals, gardening, horticulture or the environment.

There may be some scope for work to develop the programme and create new sessions and resources, as well as work liaising with schools for the right candidate.

This role would suit someone with experience working in schools or in outdoor education or with an interest or passion in this area.

For an application pack e-mail admin@heeleyfarm.org.uk

Enquiries to: s.wild@heeleyfarm.org.uk

Or call Sarah on 01142505105 This is a rolling recruitment until 30/04/2024 so applications will be considered as they are received.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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