Job Description

Session Assistant | Alternative Education Provider

Farm Club are seeking a confident individual with a positive attitude and an ability to be highly adaptable. Ideal candidates will have a professional and positive attitude towards supporting young people on their journey through alternative provision. It is essential that the applicant has experience in working with children to join our friendly supportive team.

Farm Club is a space for children to; learn important life skills, work on their ability to emotionally regulate, receive help with communication difficulties, build an appetite for learning and be supported in social integration with others.

The position of Session Assistant will involve supporting and delivering sessions for students inline with our Farm Club learning programme, caring for the animals at Farm Club (goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry, cats and dogs) setting up of activities, maintaining a clean and vibrant location for learning. To ensure students are getting maximum benefit from their time with Farm Club, we require an individual who can demonstrate compassion, creativity, vigilance, patience, and resilience.

We are looking for an assistant with passion for the outdoors , child care and animal care to join our growing team at Farm Club. Candidates with experience in caring for animals are most suitable for this vacancy.

The opportunity for working hours is term time only (39 weeks of the year). The working hours available are Monday - Friday 09.00 - 15.30. Our sessions run from 09:00 - 12:00 and 12:30 - 15:30. The hourly rate per hour of service provision is negotiable.

Our safeguarding priority

Farm Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children. We abide by our Safer Recruitment policy strictly including right to work checks, identification checks, referencing checks and DBS checks. All applicants should be aware that they must undergo child protection screening appropriate for each job role. It's an offence for any organisation to offer employment that involves regular contact with young people under the age of 18 to anyone who has been convicted of certain specified offences, or those who are included on lists considered unsuitable for such work held by the Department of Education. It is also an offence for people convicted of such offences to apply for work with young people. If you are successful throughout your application, you will be subject to satisfactory completion of an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. Further information about the Disclosure and Barring Service can be found at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Farm Club employees are expected to abide by Farm Club's safeguarding policy, codes of conduct and will attend Safeguarding training through Cambridgeshire County Council.

Pay: From 15.00 per hour

Schedule:

Term Time Monday to Friday
Experience:

Childcare: 1 year (preferred) Animal Care
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Freelance

Pay: From 15.00 per hour

Work Location: In person