OASIS Coffee Shop Band 4 OTA / Therapeutic Employment Assistant

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity to co-lead and further develop a Coffee Shop & Catering project has arisen within the Forensic Service's Occupational Therapy department's Therapeutic Employment team.The OASIS Coffee Shop & Catering project sits within theNuLeaf Service User Employment projects at the John Howard Centre, which also includes a Painting & Decorating project, Landscaping & Therapeutic Horticulture, Admin and the Barber Shop / Hair Salon.

The Therapeutic Employment projects are run as social enterprise businesses, with a focus on supporting service users' recovery, resilience building, and the maintenance and acquisition of task specific and soft employment skills.

This is a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant rolewithin a close knit team. The aim is to increase training and employment opportunities for forensic service users by providing opportunities to utilize their existing skills or facilitate the development of a new skill set to successfully work in the hospitality and catering industry.

You will find it a varied and stimulating environment,working with service users from across the John Howard Centre, including the Learning Disability and Autism services.You will receive relevant training,monthly supervision and have access to the OT departments CPD programme. The working hours are Monday - Friday 09.00-17.15h.

Main duties of the job

To co-manage the Oasis Coffee Shop, an innovative social enterprise, which is a training centre for service users within a medium secure hospital. The focus is the mentoring and training of service users to enable them to run the hospitals Coffee Shop, and increase their skill sets, confidence and post discharge employability. A significant part of the role is to further develop the hospitality side of the Coffee Shop. The successful candidate will also share responsible for administrative tasks associated with the running of the business, purchasing of stock, managing deliveries, and monitoring of prices to ensure sustainability of the project. Daily duties involve both front and back of house work to support service users as needed.

This is a full time hands - on role within a small specialist team. Clinical support and relevant training will be provided

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

28 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-FOR6682910-A

Job locations

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

Homerton

E9 5TD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached documentation for person specification ,detailed job description and main duties and responsibilities of this vacancy

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached documentation for person specification ,detailed job description and main duties and responsibilities of this vacancy

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

oMaths and English GCSEs A - C or equivalents if not educated within the UK system
oAdvanced Food Hygiene Certificate

Desirable

oCity and Guilds certificate level 2 in Catering/Food Production or equivalent

Experience

Essential

oRecent experience of management of staff, including staff training
oRecent experience of stock management
oExperience of opening and closing premises
oExperience of planning / preparing / cooking a basic menu

Desirable

oMinimum of 12 months in a leadership
oExperience of cashing up
oBarista skills
oPrevious experience of healthcare/social care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oFood Safety Regulations and other statutory requirements
oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
oIT Literacy (MS Word & Excel)

Desirable

oHACCP

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

oMaths and English GCSEs A - C or equivalents if not educated within the UK system
oAdvanced Food Hygiene Certificate

Desirable

oCity and Guilds certificate level 2 in Catering/Food Production or equivalent

Experience

Essential

oRecent experience of management of staff, including staff training
oRecent experience of stock management
oExperience of opening and closing premises
oExperience of planning / preparing / cooking a basic menu

Desirable

oMinimum of 12 months in a leadership
oExperience of cashing up
oBarista skills
oPrevious experience of healthcare/social care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oFood Safety Regulations and other statutory requirements
oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
oIT Literacy (MS Word & Excel)

Desirable

oHACCP

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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