Outdoor education Mentor

• Full time
• Permanent placement
• Based in Westbury

Are you a dedicated, confident person, who wants to combine their passion for working with children and working in the outdoors? Long - term Teachers are working with an independent special school, registered for 32 students aged 11 to 18 with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties which opened in April 2009.

Key Tasks:

• To plan, prepare and deliver high quality outdoor and off site activities, liaising with teaching staff and SLT as required.
• To set clear targets for pupils’ learning and progress, building on prior attainment and considering each pupil as an individual.
• To have regard for the special educational needs of pupils
• To assess pupil work and progress giving regular feedback in line with school policy
• To maintain a stimulating, engaging and safe learning environment, managing behaviour in line with school policy.
• To prepare and keep up to date the relevant Risk Assessments.
• To carry out duties with full regard to the school’s Health and Safety procedures.
• To undertake such additional responsibilities as required.

About you:

• GCSE Grade 4 in English and Maths or equivalent
• A willingness to participate in training where learning needs are identified
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of supporting or delivering outdoor learning
• Full drivers license
• The ability to inspire confidence and commitment from and to motivate young people
• The ability to effectively and positively manage
• challenging behaviour
• The ability to remain professional and composed in the face of challenging behaviour
• High levels of motivation, commitment and enthusiasm

Commencing as soon as possible, this will be a full time, permanent placement, where you will contracted to work 8:45am - 4:45pm, term time only.

Working with Long Term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.