Job Description

Job Title

Alternative Education Tutor

Alternative Education tutors support our young people by planning, delivering and evaluating 1-1 and small group sessions. The programmes we run incorporate activities such as art, gardening, science, environmental education, forest/beach school and bushcraft, with an outdoor element always at the heart of the programme. They are differentiated both at programme and session level to maximise engagement and to ensure our offer is student-centred. The young people we work with on these sessions are usually struggling to access mainstream education and require high levels of individual support.

We are not purely an intervention service and we aim for all our students to leave our programmes with an external qualification or award of some type. The successful candidate will be delivering accredited lowland and environmental leadership courses at L2 and L3 and will hold an outdoor leadership qualification - for example South West Summer Moorland Leader, Forest School Practitioner or Mountain Training Lowland Leader. You will also have a background working with young people with SEND. This role will involve working with young people on a 1-1 basis in remote locations and you will also be required to drive young people to sessions in your own vehicle.

The postholder will primarily work during the week at term-time, although we also run weekend community sessions and holiday projects through the school holidays and you will need to be available for these sessions as and when required. This is an exciting time to join us because our woodland site is rapidly being developed for educational use and we are looking for people to help us realise our vision for the site.

Responsibilities

The post holder will have the following responsibilities and duties:

Planning and delivering a programme of activities, either on a 1-1 basis or with small groups as required. Assessing young people's documentation (eg EHCP) to ensure activities planned are differentiated for the student's needs. Ensuring session costs remain within an agreed budget. Collecting and transporting young people in own vehicle as required. Keeping accurate records of the student's provision plan and completing any other required administration as required (eg half-termly reports, attendance at or reporting to reviews, evidencing awards) Managing safety and risk on their sessions and reporting any areas of concern to their supervisor. Following all Taleblazers policies and procedures, particularly those with reference to safeguarding, and raising safeguarding concerns in an appropriate and timely manner. Contributing to the blog and social media.

Person Specification (Essential)

Outdoor walking leadership qualification - for example South West Summer Moorland Leader or Mountain Training Lowland Leader Experience of working with young people with special educational needs (min 1 year) L3 First Aid qualification (Outdoor or Paediatric) L2 Safeguarding Other Mountain Training/Forest School qualification Student-centred approach Enjoys working with young people outdoors Ability to work and plan independently Empathic, calm, patient and friendly Can do attitude - wants to make a positive difference to young people Buys into the wider ethos of Taleblazers and shares our interests

Person Specification (Desirable)

Previous employment in SEN-facing role Teaching qualification Experience and training to support working with specific SEN presentation(s) Experience in advocacy, counselling or student support Experience of assessing EHCPs, designing interventions and reporting on their outcomes Willing to contribute to organisational development

Renumeration

85 per session at 21.25/hour, plus up to 20 session expenses.

A session is usually up to three hours with an additional hour to be worked as flexitime each week. This is utilised for planning and updating provision plans. We would expect you to be available for 4-6 sessions on a normal week. You will also be required to attend meetings as requested, including our weekly team meeting.

Company email address and access to Office 365.

Additional training to support progression.

About Taleblazers

Taleblazers is a community interest company that seeks to improve people's lives by connecting them with nature. We do this through school workshops, community projects, programmes for young people with special educational needs and by discovering and retelling the stories we find in the world around us.

We particularly like working with people who buy into the ethos of the organisation and are motivated to help us to grow it.

This post is part of our Alternative Education offering. We run a community-based alternative provision for young people who access our programmes either within a part-time timetable or as part of an alternative timetable.

To apply for this post, please register your interest here (you may include a CV though this will not form part of the application process). If you broadly meet our criteria then we will send you a full application form by return.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 22.50 per hour

Expected hours: 15 - 30 per week

Benefits:

Flexitime
Schedule:

Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Application question(s):

Please give a brief description of your experience working with young people outdoors
Licence/Certification:

outdoor qual - eg Summer ML, Forest School or Lowland Leader (required)
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 01/09/2025