Outdoor Educator Animal Care & Science Lead –
08:45am – 5:15pm (Term-time, 40-week per year) paid pro-rata.
Job Summary
We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Outdoor Educator Animal Care & Science Lead to join our team.
This role will suit a person with experience or wanting to work with children and young people and is willing to learn and train further appropriate to the post.
Reporting to the Deputy Headteacher, we are looking for an outdoor educator who will be flexible to learn to plan and deliver lesson on a variety of vocational subjects including but not limited to Animal Care & Science lessons, AQA, BTEC courses as the core subject teacher (i.e. supporting Equine science and others maybe identified as the role develops). These sessions can be via a small education group or 1:1 according to curriculum/AQA/BTEC requirements (including risk assessment and planning).
This role also leads pupil responsibility sessions with young people i.e. site improvements and supporting land projects for learning areas and this would be working towards land based introductory level 1 BTEC for some of the learners.
We are looking for individuals who have previous centre or school teaching experience and hold outdoor education qualifications with a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (unless appropriate level 5 or above teaching qualification already held).
Duties
- Plan, deliver, evaluate and assess lessons on a variety of vocational subjects including but not limited to Animal Care & Science lessons
- ·Complete BTEC and AQA assessments and paperwork to ensure young people are gaining correct qualifications.
- Lead at least one activity club session a week
- Support lunch cover as needed.
- Support the trip leader with offsite activities (including risk assessment and planning).
- Support other curriculum areas if needed, for cover purposes.
We are looking for an Outdoor Educator who meets all the following criteria
- Willing to work outdoors in all weathers with the appropriate clothing and footwear.
- Teaching qualification level 5 or above.
- Minimum level 2 Animal Care qualification
- To be confident to teach up to level 2 Animal Care/Animal Management/ Animal Science
- The applicant will need to be willing to be trained to work alongside and handle a variety of animals which are a key part of our specialist education provision for staff cover and supporting lessons/therapeutic sessions where applicable. Full Training will be provided as required. Including reptiles, farm animals and horses.
- The applicant must be physically fit, willing and able to work outdoors in all weathers with the appropriate clothing and footwear.
- Be a self-starter, with excellent personal/time management skills and a commitment to excellent customer/delivery standards.
- You will also need to be a positive role model and ambassador for ADO River Valley, ADO C.I.C.
- Reliable IT and data management skills essential (Microsoft Office, Outlook etc.), along with strong written/spoken English and numerical skills.
- The applicant will be willing to support all young people in the setting in a variety of lessons and activities.
Desirable:
· An appropriate degree relevant to outdoor education / environment with the ability and 2 years’ experience minimum in adapting, planning and delivering curriculum activities.
· Current First Aid qualification
ABOUT US
ADO River Valley is a small Independent Special School part of ADO C.I.C. which is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company providing outdoor education through our full-time school and therapeutic opportunities with children, young people and adults with animals, wildlife and nature in Welling, Kent. Our school specialises in supporting young people aged 14-19 yrs with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues, associated Neurodiversity and or Learning difficulties.
We require specialist educators who have a passion in supporting pupils who have difficulty managing social interactions and their mental health to learn in a unique and therapeutic setting. We are looking for individuals who could help the children recognise and regulate their emotions to promote positive mental health and wellbeing through enriching outdoor education lessons.
You will be provided opportunities or will be expected to engage in CPD to maintain registration with HCPC and expected to contribute to service development.
We provide onsite managerial supervision, regular remote/virtual supervision from the team psychotherapist and long-arm clinical OT supervision.
In addition to the salary, we offer a range of benefits including wellbeing schemes, loyalty holiday scheme, training opportunities and a company pension scheme.
Please note:
We undertake safeguarding checks on all our workers in accordance with our policies and the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'. As part of these checks, we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in our therapy provision. If you do not have a valid subscription to the DBS Update Service, we will require you to complete a new online portal DBS application as part of the registration process, at a cost to the employee and maintain the subscription to the update service annually.
Pay: From £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
