Case Worker

**Case Worker - Running Deer School**
- **Salary**:£20,885 per annum, actual (£26,207 per annum FTE)
- **Hours**:35 hours per week (9am - 4pm, including a paid half hour break), term time only

**About Running Deer**
Running Deer is a not-for-profit organisation based in Dartmoor National Park, 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 outdoors-oriented projects.

These projects include the provision of a registered independent school and intervention programme.

**About Running Deer School**
Running Deer School provides small, specialist, high-support education provision for local education authorities. Firmly grounded in outdoor education and rural skills, and with a strong focus on core academic achievement, we work with children and young people between 8 and 16 with a range of special educational needs.

Running Deer School is a Trauma Informed School.

Case Workers make up the core team of Running Deer School and our Intervention Programme. Working alongside other Case Workers and our teachers you will work in small groups or 1:1 with our users delivering therapeutic activities and supporting them with their learning.

Most of your time will be outdoors in our woodland and surrounding areas working on projects and activities that will stimulate our users, enabling them to grow both emotionally and academically.

**Case Workers**
- deliver project-based learning as part of our students individualised educational learning plan
- deliver therapeutic activities and learning based around traditional, rural, and bushcraft skills,
- deliver therapeutic activities involving animals,
- help to develop our user’s individualised learning plans,
- deliver learning activities which fit in with the national curriculum and other award bodies such as ASDAN,
- report daily on our user’s individualised learning plans,
- guide the personal development of our students,
- understand their role in safeguarding our students and staff and work with one another, our safeguarding officers, and external agencies to safeguard children and young people,
- act as a key worker for one or more of our users, and collate information from other Case Workers
- work cooperatively with other staff and senior leaders.

**Person Specification**
**You will**:

- have experience in youth work or working within a school environment
- be able to enthuse and stimulate children and young people with additional physical, emotional,
- developmental or mental health needs to enable them to reach their full potential,
- be adaptable, display initiative, and be able to work independently; we value creativity and unique thinking,
- demonstrate your ability to work and plan cooperatively,
- demonstrate your ability to develop and deliver project-based learning as part of an individualised education plan,
- have excellent verbal 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 your role empathetically and without prejudice while maintaining professional distance and neutrality.
- be comfortable working outdoors in inclement weather.
- be able to commute to our site just outside Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor

**Requirements Essential skills and qualifications**:

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

**Desirable skills and qualifications**:

- Experience working in an outdoor environment.
- De-escalation and restraint training(e.g., Team Teach)
- Emergency First Aid at Work qualification.

References will always be taken up.

**Things to consider**:
Case Workers will need to be able to work with children and young people who may display aggressive or non-compliant behaviour in a sensitive but firm way, while at all times ensuring that they are kept safe and well.

The majority of the work associated with this role will be outdoors, and you will work in inclement weather. This role can be physically demanding and includes walking and hiking on inclined and slippery ground, heavy lifting and carrying, and the use of hand told.

If you would like to chat to someone regarding this position, please call 01647400201 between 9am and 12.30pm and ask to speak to Martin.

Pay: £26,207.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JS06634