Diagrama Community Services, part of Diagrama Foundation is inviting applications for a unique role that combines hands-on farming experience with meaningful care work. The Care Farm and Community Instructor role at Duckyls Farm, in an area of outstanding natural beauty near East Grinstead, offers the chance to use livestock and farming skills to support adults with learning disabilities, helping them develop independence and life skills in a safe, nurturing environment.
This permanent, full-time position involves overseeing the care of the livestock which currently includes horses, alpacas, goats etc ensuring high welfare standards are met and all legislative requirements are adhered to, and therefore relevant experience is essential. The applicant will also be expected to expand the current offering – all whilst engaging service users in meaningful activities related to the livestock and life skills in general. Candidates would also ideally have experience in other agricultural practices, general farm maintenance and/or horticulture, although a willingness to learn in these fields is equally valued.
Diagrama Community Services operates day opportunities across Sussex, providing meaningful activities for people with learning disabilities, physical or sensory impairments, acquired brain injuries, and autism. At Duckyls Farm, participants gain skills that promote independence, confidence, and employability while enjoying creative and practical projects — from tending farm animals and growing vegetables, to making bird boxes, painting, and managing money.
David McGuire, Chief Executive of Diagrama Foundation, said: “This is an incredible opportunity for anyone with a passion for farming or animal care to make a real difference in people’s lives. Working at Duckyls Farm allows you to combine practical skills with care and support, helping our service users grow, learn, and flourish in a vibrant, community-focused environment.”
The role is perfect for someone who wants to work outdoors, share their knowledge, and support others in a meaningful and rewarding way.
For more information about the role and how to apply, visit: www.diagramacommunity.org.uk or send a CV and covering letter to hr@diagrama.org.uk
Closing date 28 November 2025
About Duckyls Farm Day Opportunities
Diagrama Day Opportunities which operates at Duckyls Farm and across Sussex is a day care provision Hub and Outreach Support for people with a learning disability, physical and sensory impairment, acquired brain injury and/or autism.
Diagrama provides a choice of meaningful, enjoyable occupational opportunities and activities, supporting people to develop skills that, promote independence, transfer to employment and be used in their daily lives.
The life skills activities include looking after farm animals, growing vegetables, fruit and flowers, making bird boxes and hedgehog houses, repairing and maintaining fences, cooking, painting, drawing, online safety and managing money.
About Diagrama Foundation
Diagrama Foundation is a Kent based charity that supports vulnerable children, young people, and adults to live their best life.
Diagrama has a Supported Living Service across Bromley and Mid Sussex, three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Orpington, an eight-bed care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex with a Community Services Programme a fifty-bed care home for the elderly with nursing and dementia needs in Essex, and a fostering and adoption service in the southeast. Plus, a 100 acre property offering farm and craft day Services cross West Sussex.
- The Supported Living Service, cares for 33 adults with learning disabilities, in seven schemes across Bromley and one scheme in Mid Sussex, helping them to develop skills and confidence to live in their own house either on their own or with others.
- At Cabrini House in Orpington the charity promotes the development of core skills for 23 adults with learning disabilities so that they can lead independent lives integrated within their community.
- Duckyls Farm, a 100 acre residential care home in West Sussex for residents with learning disabilities, allows the charity to explore the physical, mental and social skills and benefits that working with animals and in nature can offer to people with a learning disability.
- Diagrama Day Opportunities operates at Duckyls Farm and across Sussex. This is a day care provision Hub and Outreach Support for people with a learning disability, physical and sensory impairment, acquired brain injury and/or autism.
- The team at their nursing and dementia care home, Edensor Care Centre in Clacton on Sea, support vulnerable residents to live life to the full.
- Diagrama’s voluntary adoption agency and not-for-profit fostering service cares for children who wait the longest for homes in London, Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Many vulnerable children and adults don’t get the support they need to develop their true potential, but the Diagrama team know that when someone has time and belief invested in them, they come alive, because that investment has made them feel valued and worthy.
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