Outdoor Casual/back Up/relief Early Years Staff

**The Role**:
As a Tree House Friends Early Years Outdoor Education Worker:

- You will help the team deliver high-quality outdoor learning experiences
- Support children aged 2-5, and able to link the school curriculum to learning outcomes and how outdoor learning can benefit all aspects of education and personal development.
- You will liaise with the team about daily logistics, routines and required tasks.
- You will be a role model to the children but most importantly, be an inspiration, awaken their imagination and provide them each day with a unique and unforgettable experience in our woodland.
- You will be promoting the setting’s philosophy and ethos among the children and their parents as well as being co-responsible for ensuring the safety, safeguarding and wellbeing of the children.

**Hours**:0 - 40 hours (You will work when we have the hours, you can always decline a shift if you are busy Perfect for those who are unable to commit to a full time job.)

**Salary**:dependent on qualifications and experience

**Location**: Trent Park, EN4 0DZ & Enfield Town Park, EN2 6JT (We have 2 sites)

**Required Qualifications and Skills**:

- Experience working with young children
- A passion for outdoor play
- Punctual, reliable, a good team player, approachable and friendly
- Experience in woodwork, playing an instrument, gardening or natural arts and crafts is a plus but not necessary
- Forest school trained is definitely a plus
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent ideal but not essential

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary depending on experience and qualification
- Flexible working days
- Changing the world

**About Us**:
Tree House Friends are an exciting and forward thinking company offering a new type of childcare for families in North London. We care for and educate children aged from 2-5, following the core Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, incorporating learning in an outdoor environment where free play, fresh air, exposure to the natural world and physical activity are an integral part of learning.

Our aim is to address the increasing disconnect between children and nature by opening an outdoor nursery, thriving to achieve an Ofsted rated Outstanding.

**Our Ethos**:
Tree House Friends was established to give children - including our own - the chance to grow up with a sense of awe and freedom as part of their everyday lives. After all, wisdom begins in wonder. We have created a world where children are inspired by nature to live a simple and naturally healthy lifestyle, breaking away from the modern childhood of sedentary screen based or prescriptive plastic toy playtime to play the natural way we played as children.

We want to give every child the childhood they deserve. We welcome children from all backgrounds and will help children achieve their maximum potential in life by helping to develop their characters to give them the tools they need for a happy and successful life - confidence, resilience, self-motivation, enthusiasm, independence and an insatiable curiosity about the world.

We strive for constant innovation to ensure we are committed to offering the best known practice in educating children and are passionate to the point of obsession with an outdoors, child-led, play-based happy and healthy environment. We see ourselves not as babysitters offering childcare but as inspirational educators offering an incredibly fun and learning-rich experience for children - the fact that we also offer childcare is almost incidental.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Freelance, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 7 - 32.5 per week

**Salary**: £21,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Employee discount
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

School type:

- Day nursery
- Preschool
- Private nursery school

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Barnet, EN4 0DZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have any forest school qualifications or experience? If yes, please give details. If no, please explain why you want to work in an outdoor forest school nursery.
- Are you happy to work outdoors all day and be at one with nature?

**Experience**:

- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location