Forest School Practitioner

Forest School Practitioner Vacancy

Pickwick Academy Trust would like to recruit a part-time Forest Schools Practitioner based at Corsham Primary School on a permanent contract.

Hours: 22 hours, 9.00am - 3.00pm, with a 30 minutes unpaid lunchbreak each day between 12pm and 12.30pm, Monday to Thursday, 38 weeks per year, (term time only, excluding TD days).

**Salary**: E6, £21,968 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £10,922 per annum), dependent on experience.

Corsham Primary School is located in the picturesque Wiltshire market town of Corsham near Bath, and is arranged over two sites located at either side of the town. The Pound Pill site offers 14 classes and the Broadwood site houses 11 classes, both from Reception to Year 6. At Corsham Primary, we believe that All children matter and have the right to the very best, in order to fulfil their potential. Our happy Corsham Primary family prides itself on having high expectations for learning and behaviour, enabling everyone to enjoy learning and succeed. Our school values of ‘Caring, Positive and Stimulating’, underpin our ethos, alongside a broad and balanced enquiry-led curriculum which challenges children to be curious. Corsham Primary was one of the original founding schools to create Pickwick Multi Academy Trust in August 2017 and strongly believes in a collaborative approach to learning that encourages the sharing of best practice to enhance the education and outcomes of all the children in our Trust

Do you love the great outdoors? Have you a passion for outdoor learning?

We are looking to appoint a Forest Schools Practitioner. The children at Corsham Primary School love outdoor learning and want somebody with the same love to develop their skills. If you are forward thinking and able to work within a team, able to share good practice and with amazing ideas as well as being caring, innovative, approachable have a great sense of humour, we would love to have you on our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and inspirational person to join our wonderful schools in order to deliver regular forest school lessons

The role will include delivering a range of outdoor activities that enable each student to reach their full potential. Within your role you will be required to plan quality planning and delivering, additionally you will be required to write and check risk assessments for the sites and tools used and ensure health & safety procedures.

The jobholder must demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This will involve undertaking annual Safeguard training and using school reporting systems for any Safeguard concerns.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information

Interviews will be held w/c 15thMay 2023.
- The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020_
- Pickwick Academy Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all. Our aim is to ensure that no applicant or employee is discriminated against or is disadvantaged by policies, procedures, conditions or requirements_

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 22 per week

**Salary**: £10,922.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

School type:

- Primary school

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/04/2023