Trainee Forest School Assistant

2 weeks ago

North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Nurture Nature Forest School CIC Full time

Nurture Nature Forest School CIC

Trainee Forest School Assistant (Casual Hours)

About Nurture Nature Forest School CIC

Nurture Nature Forest School CIC inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the natural world through the Forest School process of play, exploring and supported risk taking. Based in North East Lincolnshire, also covering Greater Lincolnshire offering a range of Forest School sessions for families, home-schooling groups, Nurseries, Schools and Special Schools.

Pay range: £10.90 p/h plus statutory holiday pay

Reporting to: Directors of Nurture Nature Forest School CIC

Employment status: Worker

Hours: As a casual worker, you will be offered regular weekly shifts to support some of the following sessions, as needed by Nurture Nature Forest School CIC.
- Woodland Babies & Tots: Tuesdays & Thursdays - 9.30 - 11am
- Home-school sessions
- Holiday Clubs: on occasional days during school holidays 8.30 - 3.30pm
- Nature Wellbeing sessions: on occasional days during term time
- Other events/shifts as required

Benefits include:

- Level 3 Forest School Leader Training and Outdoor & Paediatric First Aid, worth over £1,000
- Paid accommodation in Harrogate for the training days
- Paid travel expenses
- Pension

Job Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing friendly team at Nurture Nature

Forest School CIC as a Trainee Forest School Assistant. Your contribution is valued and your development will be celebrated by our nurturing team of likeminded people.

We are looking for an enthusiastic learner with an aspiration to start a new career in education in an outdoor setting and someone who loves working with children, young people and adults.

You will be joining our experienced Forest School Leader and delivering our Forest

School programme as an assistant, whilst you develop skills, pedagogical knowledge and practical methods of engaging people with nature. The successful applicant will

Nurture Nature Forest School CIC also receive practical training days and ongoing support to complete the Level 3

Forest School Leader certificate with North Yorkshire Forest School training, within 12 months.

You will be encouraged to take areas of leadership and responsibility as your confidence grows, eventually leading groups, within a supportive team. You will be expected to stay on for a further 12 months after you have qualified, delivering programmes in North East Lincolnshire.

Your ideas will be welcomed in this small, warm and passionate Community Interest

Company (CIC) and you will take a key role in transformational work as young people discover nature and form a lifelong connection.

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills, gain valuable experience and grow with us. We are seeking someone who really understands our vision of “Nurturing little minds to respect and enhance their natural environment”.

Main duties and responsibilities

6 principles of the Forest School ethos.
- Reflect on your own practice, undertake continued professional development and network with other Forest School practitioners.
- Assist in Forest School sessions for a maximum of 15 families per session
- Assist in the logistics, daily running and working as part of a team
- Assist in site set up, taking responsibility for equipment and resources
- Monitoring the impact of Forest School on the children’s behaviour, emotional and mental wellbeing and contributing ideas to further planning
- Responsible for clear up, storing equipment, and frequent maintenance of equipment and tools
- Contribute your own skills and abilities under the Forest School leaders discretion
- Participate in training and other learning activities/meetings as required.

Person Specification

Essential
- Good track record of planning, organisational and motivational skills
- Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- The ability to work well under pressure and work to deadlines (the Level 3

Forest School Leader course will involve written assignments and a recorded portfolio)
- An understanding of Child Development, Play as Learning and other key aspects of Forest School.

Nurture Nature Forest School CIC
- Ability to build a strong rapport with the children and families in a warm and caring manner; whilst maintaining firm boundaries and our safeguarding policies.
- A real passion for nature play and engaging children and young people with the outdoors
- Creative, adaptive and self-motivated with great energy
- Excellent attention to detail and observational skills
- Resilient to working in an outdoor setting - physical demands of moving a lot, sometimes cold and wet weather.
- Ability to adapt quickly to change, is flexible and uses initiative
- Ability to work effectively in a small team
- Have access to a vehicle

Desirable
- Experience of working with 0-12year olds
- Experience of working with children and young people in an outdoor wellbeing setting
- Experience of working with children and young people w

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