Forest School Lead

Small People

NG12 3BN

Forest School Lead

40 hours per week

Small People Nursery are looking for a Forest School Lead to join their team. This role will be predominantly working outside in the Forest School establishing routines and boundaries to ensure the wellbeing and safety of the children. There will be an expectation to liaise with the team about the children’s learning, development, and curiosities.

Main Responsibilities:

• Plan and develop the nurseries existing outdoor learning provision
• Ignite a love of the outdoors with the children
• Leader and implement good practice across the EYFS
• Support and mentor team members
• Role model skills and behaviours that safeguard and promote good outcomes
• Create engaging learning opportunities through forest school sessions  
• Complete risk assessments
• Provide high standards of children and education including monitoring and always reviewing the provision

Requirements:

• Full and relevant Level 3 Forest School qualification
• Outdoor First Aid certificate
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Over 2 year’s experience working in Early Years
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements
• Be happy to work outdoors and have a can do attitude

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Small people is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

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Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

*All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company.