Land-Based Outdoor Education Teacher

Overview and Responsibilities

Land-Based Outdoor Education Teacher – Aurora Boveridge

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary:  QTS/QLTS - £30,000 - £44,870 per annum (M1-UPS2) / UQT - up to £32,134 per annum

Hours: 40 hours a week

At Aurora Boveridge College, we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.

The main purpose of the role:

As our Land-Based Outdoor Education Teacher, you will plan and deliver outdoor education, life skills and learning outside of the classroom, providing opportunities which supports the purposes and implementation of the Curriculum.

The role involves working collaboratively in the development of the Outdoor Education and Life Skills programme whilst also providing support for students, teachers and the College as a whole.

Key duties:

• Delivering BTEC Land Based Level 1 with a view to possible future delivery of Level 2
• Delivery of horticulture skills
• Managing and developing the college’s organic vegetable garden
• Promoting sustainability and a love of the environment and nature
• Collaborating with staff across the college to help reduce the college’s carbon footprint
• Developing and contributing to the College’s outdoor education and life skills programmes
• Promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare and safety of students
• Assisting in the provision of activities for the fullest development of the students which may involve work outside the College and in other learning environments located off site.
• Applying considerable knowledge and understanding of the curriculum, age range, or SEN
• Facilitating and instructing across a wide variety of student groups who have a range of complex needs
• Leading assigned groups
• Participating in meetings to review student progress and reporting to the meeting as required, on involvement with students.
• Attending education department meetings
• Completing weekly home link reports to parents and academic reports once a term
• Willing to train and deliver Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Supporting and embedding literacy and numeracy and key skills

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

• Experience of working with children or young people with an Autistic Spectrum Condition and SEMH
• Experience or knowledge of delivering provision through the EHCP process
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team 
• Forest School qualification and delivery of Forest School qualifications, experience of delivering Life Skills (Desirable)

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are interested in this role then please apply online and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com  

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

#Reed FTE: £30,000.00 - £44,870.00