Job Title
Alternative Education Tutor
Job Description
Alternative Education tutors support our young people by planning, delivering and evaluating 1-1 and small group sessions. The programmes we run incorporate activities such as art, gardening, science, environmental education, forest/beach school and bushcraft, with an outdoor element always at the heart of the programme. They are differentiated both at programme and session level to maximise engagement and to ensure our offer is student-centred. The young people we work with on these sessions are usually struggling to access mainstream education and require high levels of individual support.
We are not purely an intervention service and we aim for all our students to leave our programmes with an external qualification or award of some type. The successful candidate will be delivering accredited lowland and environmental leadership courses at L2 and L3 and will hold an outdoor walking leadership qualification – for example South West Summer Moorland Leader or Mountain Training Lowland Leader. You will also have a background working with young people with SEND. This role will involve working with young people on a 1-1 basis in remote locations and you will also be required to drive young people to sessions in your own vehicle.
The postholder will primarily work during the week at term-time, although we also run weekend community sessions and holiday projects through the school holidays and you will need to be available for these sessions as and when required. This is an exciting time to join us because our woodland site is rapidly being developed for educational use and we are looking for people to help us realise our vision for the site.
Responsibilities
The post holder will have the following responsibilities and duties:
- Planning and delivering a programme of activities, either on a 1-1 basis or with small groups as required.
- Assessing young people’s documentation (eg EHCP) to ensure activities planned are differentiated for the student’s needs.
- Ensuring session costs remain within an agreed budget.
- Collecting and transporting young people in own vehicle as required.
- Keeping accurate records of the student’s provision plan and completing any other required administration as required (eg half-termly reports, attendance at or reporting to reviews, evidencing awards)
- Managing safety and risk on their sessions and reporting any areas of concern to their supervisor.
- Following all Taleblazers policies and procedures, particularly those with reference to safeguarding, and raising safeguarding concerns in an appropriate and timely manner.
- Contributing to the blog and social media.
Person Specification (Essential)
- Outdoor walking leadership qualification – for example South West Summer Moorland Leader or Mountain Training Lowland Leader
- Experience of working with young people with special educational needs (min 1 year)
- L3 First Aid qualification (Outdoor or Paediatric)
- L2 Safeguarding
- Other Mountain Training/Forest School qualification
- Student-centred approach
- Enjoys working with young people outdoors
- Ability to work and plan independently
- Empathic, calm, patient and friendly
- Can do attitude – wants to make a positive difference to young people
- Buys into the wider ethos of Taleblazers and shares our interests
Person Specification (Desirable)
- Previous employment in SEN-facing role
- Teaching qualification
- Experience and training to support working with specific SEN presentation(s)
- Experience in advocacy, counselling or student support
- Experience of assessing EHCPs, designing interventions and reporting on their outcomes
- Willing to contribute to organisational development
Please contact rich@taleblazers.org.uk for more information and an application form.
Application deadline: 20/07/2024
Expected start date: 01/09/2024