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FarmAbility
Eynsham, Oxfordshire
Posted: 10 Apr 2026
Deadline: 7 May 2026
Compensation: £14.06 per hour
Living Wage employer Disability Confident scheme
Paid Part-time Flexible hours
Job description
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team as BANK Programme Assistants. This role provides occasional cover support to our team to enable us to deal with pressure points arising from staff sickness, annual leave or other unforeseen circumstances. We are open to people who may only have low availability and there is also potential to begin as a BANK employee and progress to more regular, standardised hours over time. BANK Programme Assistants support Programme Leaders to deliver day to day sessions for our co-farmers (participants). They support co-farmers in a range of purposeful outdoor activities on site, with the aim of developing skills and capacities and creating a fun and inclusive environment. Our focus is on a person-centred approach that enables co-farmers to work as independently as possible. BANK Programme Assistants help to highlight individual co-farmer progress on a daily basis, thus contributing to ongoing monitoring and evaluation of progression.
Since 2013, FarmAbility has been supporting learning disabled and autistic adults in Oxfordshire, running an outdoor day service for co-farmers (our participants), across multiple sessions each week, throughout the calendar year on various farm and garden sites. We work with over 60 people each week. Our current co farmers range in age from 17 to 65 years old. When our co-farmers come to us they can get involved in a wide range of purposeful, real-life farm and work-based tasks, including animal care, egg collecting, cleaning and packing, wildlife gardening and conservation, vegetable growing, orchard maintenance, cooking and preserving, woodwork and outdoor crafts. Co-farmers also have the opportunity to socialise with others and form friendships. As well as working alongside staff at our host farms, a dedicated team of volunteers supports our project and we also have close links with universities and host students on placements. There are always new people to meet and lots of opportunities to interact with others from all sorts of backgrounds at a FarmAbility day.
Application information
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About FarmAbility
We run farm-based programmes where people with a learning disability and those with a learning disability on the autistic spectrum can engage in purposeful, outdoor activities that improve physical health and well-being, foster a sense of community, and allow the development and strengthening of skills and abilities. We have seen that this gives people opportunities to be active and connected members of society, where their contribution is recognised and valued.
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Roots to Work
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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
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