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Form of work
Salary- 36 days generous annual leave entitlement (pro rata)
- Pension scheme with employer contributions
- Instant access to up to 40% of your salary as you earn it
- Employee discounts on over 130,000 shops and entertainment venues
- Access to Blue Light Card, the discount service for emergency and social care staff
- Free eye tests and Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
- Refer-a-friend scheme – receive £500
About You:
Do you like working outdoors and enjoy growing a variety of fruit and vegetables? Do you know about the new ways of sustainable farming?? We are looking for a suitable person to work as part of an experienced team to deliver individualised social and vocational programmes to autistic and/or neurodivergent adults, with the goal of helping them to achieve their full potential in relation to their long term aspirations.
Please see the attachment below for more information around the job role.
Lead Market Gardener Job Description
Person Specification:
Essential:
1) General knowledge of horticulture.
2) Preparing No dig growing areas & understanding No dig practices.
3) Propagation, taking cuttings, sowing seeds.
4) Pruning fruit trees and shrubs.
5) Planning crops for production & understanding harvesting techniques.
6) Creating compost from farm and garden waste.
7) Good communication and people skills.
8) The ability to work outside in all weather.
9) Good level of physical fitness and health.
10) Driving license.
Desirable:
1) Using horticultural machinery.
2) Propagation, grafting of fruit trees.
3) Some livestock/farm experience.
4) Practical skills, building raised beds, constructing polytunnels, installation of watering systems.
For more than 40 years we’ve led the way in providing autism-specific care and education for children, young people, and adults across the North-East of England.
Find out more about our work here: www.ne-as.org.uk/what-we-believe.
This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. As such it will be necessary for a enhanced Disclosure submission to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. The North East Autism Society’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children, young people and adults across all of our services is reflected in our safer recruitment process.
As a Disability Confident Employer we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this job vacancy.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer (EOE) here at NEAS. We believe everyone has the right to be themselves. We not only celebrate diversity but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We are committed to creating a workplace where all differences are valued, and we make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and/or vulnerable adults.
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