Portfield School Christchurch, Dorset £28,000 - £32,000 per year New Expiring soon Quick apply Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: November 2023 Apply by: 11 October 2024 Job overview Your day as a Food & Nutrition Lead would include: Leading the school food and nutrition programme, developing a curriculum that empowers our students to have a healthy relationship with food. Delivering individualised and engaging lessons to help students develop their culinary skills and knowledge. Overseeing our school cook and kitchen, ensuring hygiene standards are adhered to and a variety of meals are served in line with School Food Guidelines. Supporting the Sixth Form students to plan, shop, budget, and meal prep. Inspiring our students to become creative with food and create a variety of dishes. Working with our multi-disciplinary therapy team to implement a healthy eating plan across the whole school. Supporting our students to cater for events internally, with a view to provide catering externally as well. Assisting with long-term goals such as paid employment within catering or hospitality, further college courses, etc. About Portfield School Portfield School is exceptional due to the staff team that support our students. Their dedication, hard work, perseverance, and high expectations allow the students to thrive and achieve. All staff demonstrate high levels of compassion and understanding that brings out the best in every student. Our flexible approach supports students with their additional needs whilst creating an individual pathway that challenges and supports them to be the best that they can be. Our skilled team of teachers, teaching assistants, and therapists work collaboratively to design a personalised learning programme, tailored to the needs, strengths, and interests of every student. At Portfield School, we are proud of a truly unique curriculum design, which is flexible, creative, and tailored to the individual. The curriculum offer is holistic and enables the self-confidence, resilience, and self-advocacy of the students to bloom as well as allowing the individual to achieve accredited qualifications. Inclusion is at the heart of our school where all pupils are nurtured and encouraged to achieve their full potential and develop into creative and ambitious learners. We are extremely proud of their achievements and take every opportunity to celebrate them. #J-18808-Ljbffr