Employability Tutor (Catering)

Posting date:	24 February 2026
Salary:	£20,000 to £30,000 per year
Additional salary information:	£27,300 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	24 March 2026
Location:	TQ1
Company:	United Response
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	UNIT199993

Summary

EMPLOYABILITY TUTOR (CATERING)

LOCATION: Torquay

FUNCTION: Employment

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Employment/Supported Internship Manager

ACCOUNTABLE FOR: Delivering training and support programmes to facilitate individuals progression

HOURS: 37.5

SALARY: £27,300

Are you passionate about working with young people?

Are you looking for a way to positively impact people’s lives?

United Response is a leading national charity providing support to young people and adults with special educational needs (SEN), learning disabilities and mental health needs. We believe in championing the right of disabled people to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries.

We’re looking for a passionate Employability Tutor (Catering) to help drive our café enterprise in Torquay, supporting individuals with additional needs to gain valuable skills and confidence in a real working environment. This hands-on role includes assisting with the day-to-day running of the café, while tutoring and mentoring people in hospitality and catering tasks - from cooking and baking to customer service and cleaning. Ideally, you’ll bring at least a year’s experience in catering and a genuine understanding of the challenges people may face entering the workplace. Your ability to teach, coach and inspire will help transform opportunities for people and enable them to access meaningful employment in catering and hospitality environments in the future.

The benefits

In return for your passion and commitment, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

28 days paid annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata for part time), increasing after three and five years’ service

Pension contribution

Work-life balance support

Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services

Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications

Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)

Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers

X2 wellbeing days per year

This post is based in Torquay and involves delivering a mix of education and work-related activity both one-to-one and in groups.

The successful candidate will engage with young people through community delivery to motivate and encourage participation and meet project outcomes. You will support the sustainable integration into the labour market of young people aged 16 to 24, particularly those with Education Health Care Plans (EHCP), complex needs, those at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities.

United Response is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants in regulated activity will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

United Responses’ culture of inclusion, and our focus on health and wellbeing and working models helps ensure that everyone, regardless of background, feels included and can be the best they can be. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our organisation and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realise their full potential.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with mental and or physical disabilities including guaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

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About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.