Alternative Provision Intervention Practitioner

**About Running Deer**

Running Deer is a not for profit organisation based on Dartmoor, which supports adults and children with learning and mental health difficulties, disabilities, and those not in education, employment, or training.

We provide access to education, training, volunteering, life skills opportunities, and work experience through a variety of community projects.

These projects include the provision of a registered independent school and intervention programme, including Creative Interventions our alternative provision.

Running Deer School provides small, specialist, high-support education provision for local education authorities.

Our Alternative Provision balances therapeutic trauma-informed support with flexible educational experiences teaching children in a variety of environments including the outdoors.

**THIS IS A TERM TIME ONLY POSITION (40 weeks per annum excluding accrued holiday pay).**

**This opportunity is for our site in Totnes, Devon.**

A typical day will be spent working one-to-one with young people...
- Supporting children in our setting who are finding it challenging to access mainstream educational provision.
- Delivering high-quality child-centred Alternative Provision.
- Providing structure, support transition and support educational outcomes for children.
- Utilising the benefits of biophilia, accessing the outdoors to build resilience, self-esteem and develop emotional literacy.
- Providing therapeutic interventions to support emotional wellbeing.
- Listening to young people.
- Providing an opportunity to build trusting relationships with an emotionally available adult.
- Participating in the active safeguarding of our users, clients, and staff; working with colleagues, and external agencies to keep children and young people safe,
- Working in cooperation with our senior members of staff.

**Person Specification**

You must:

- Be adaptable, display initiative, and be able to work independently; we value creativity and unique thinking,
- Be passionate to support and facilitate change and care of young people’s experiences,
- Demonstrate their ability to work and plan cooperatively,
- Have excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills,
- Be committed to continuing professional development,
- Be comfortable working with children and young people with additional physical, emotional, developmental, or mental health needs,
- Be able to approach their role empathetically and without prejudice while maintaining professional distance and neutrality.

**Requirements Essential skills and qualifications**:

- Excellent core skills (Maths and English).
- Level 3 or higher qualifications (A-level or equivalent).
- A demonstrable understanding of information technology, including word processing.
- Experience in youth work, education, or community development in a sector with a focus on children and young people with special educational needs.
- A full UK driving licence.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £13.14 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

**Education**:

- A-Level or equivalent (required)

**Experience**:

- working with young people: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/07/2023
Reference ID: RDCIC -IFS24-Totnes
Expected start date: 15/04/2024