Catering jobs in Lichfield

Tutor, Catering

40 hours per week, 37 weeks per year

Salary Range FTE: £29,215 – £36,896

Actual pro rata £23,842 to £30,110 per annum

(subject to teaching qualifications)

Based at Glasshouse College, Stourbridge

Glasshouse College reflects the history of the Stourbridge glassmaking district. The local traditions of glassblowing, etching and engraving provide a rich stimulus for the college’s signature craft. Our students also attend other craft workshops including green woodwork, blacksmithing and textiles. Glasshouse College is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales. We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Tutor, Catering role at Glasshouse College, a provision located in Wollaston, Stourbridge which specialises in delivering a unique and innovative Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum to advance the opportunities of young people with complex needs including Autistic Spectrum Conditions.

Glasshouse College provides an innovative and diverse curriculum and our students benefit from an extensive range of nutritional, therapeutic and medical support in each college. Each core element of the educational cycle is designed to establish active and positive relationships with nature and the community through a holistic approach to human development. This supports three key stages: overcoming barriers to learning; becoming skilled and being ready to engage and give back to the community.

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

• The planning and delivery of catering sessions to a small group of students using fresh organic and biodynamic produce sourced from Ruskin Mill Trust’s farms and gardens and other agreed organic suppliers
• Work with the catering team to provide fresh organic lunches to the whole college community on a daily basis
• Equip students with valuable catering skills for life after college and the world of work.

In this role you will:

• Deliver high quality practical skills, teaching and training to students of mixed abilities within the agreed Quality Assurance framework of the Trust.
• Deliver qualifications in line with student pathways.
• You will also be responsible for embedding communication, word and number into all catering sessions with students.
• You must be able to instil enthusiasm and enjoyment into the learning journey of our students in such a way that can lead to increased self-esteem and enhanced engagement in developing valuable life skills.
• Applicants for this role will ideally hold or be working towards a recognised teaching qualification coupled with experience of working with learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and possess a high degree of personal resilience, emotional and social intelligence.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

INDHP

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £29,215.00-£36,896.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stourbridge DY8 4HF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• catering: 3 years (required)
• working with young people with special educational needs: 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 29/07/2025
Reference ID: INDHP