Farm Skills and Wellbeing Lead (Oasis City Farm

Job title:
Farm Skills and Wellbeing Lead.
Based at Oasis City Farm – Southampton, Green Lane, Southampton SO16 9FQ

Hours: 32 hours per week Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Contract:
Permanent

Oasis City Farm – Southampton is a community focused registered charity. We provide a range of supportive, wellbeing boosting, and nature-based activities for our communities, which include young people and adult learners with disabilities.

We have an exciting opportunity to become a member of our farm leadership team as a Skills and Wellbeing Lead. You will lead the Skills and Wellbeing Programme at Oasis City Farm – Southampton, delivering high-quality sessions, therapeutic activities and workshops for adults and young people. With the aim of building knowledge, practical skills, confidence and wellbeing through animal care, gardening and nature-based learning.

This will include leading our Adult day service; developing opportunities for farm users to gain qualifications; facilitating wellbeing workshops and provision that build mental health wellbeing; working with the community lead to develop our volunteer and work placement programme; work alongside our garden assistant to lead on our garden project development, ensuring it is sustainable. This role includes line managing a team to enable the above strands of work to be sustainable and impactful for the wider community.

The role will contribute to the day-to-day operation of the farm, supporting animal care and site maintenance through these programmes and community activities in line with the Oasis ethos.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

• Relevant qualifications or experience in animal management or outdoor learning.
• Relevant qualifications or experience in youth work, community-based projects or working with adults.
• The flexibility to work the days as advertised including school holidays. There may be occasional evenings but time of lieu would be given.
• IT literate
• Proven ability to work alongside others in projects that work with the public.
• Punctuality, reliability, and honesty.
• Ability to always evidence the Oasis ethos and values.

This is a unique opportunity for a friendly, hardworking and driven individual, who is looking to make a difference in a growing and community focused field of work. In return we offer:

• Flexible working practices which encourage innovation and fresh ideas.
• A supportive network and friendly team in a motivating working environment.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.

Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK. Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889