Outdoor Activity Instructor - Hampshire
Releasing Potential
Location: Hampshire
Closes: 18/11/24
Outdoor Activity Instructor with Releasing Potential
Pay Scale:(T:1-8) actual salary not pro rata
Responsible to Outdoor Education Manager
Overview of role
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to pass on your passion for the Outdoors?
Do you want to work in a rewarding environment where you can focus on the development of our young people and yourself.
Do you want to contribute to providing high quality safe and rewarding outdoor learning experiences to our young people by delivering a range of water based activities.
About you
Do you have a NGB Instructor qualification.
Do you have a valid First Aid qualification.
Do you have the ability to provide safe, purposeful and fun sessions for our young people.
Are you able and confident to communicate well with children with SEMH.
Do you want to pass on your passion for the outdoors by providing outdoor activities to a range of individual students and groups.
Main Duties
· To be responsible for the safe running of the group or one to one session for the whole time the young person/people are in your care.
· To plan a programme of activities that is suitable for each group or young person that you work with and that reflects their needs and experience. You should record their progress towards National Governing Body qualifications after each lesson
· To ensure that you have the correct equipment and qualification to supervise any activity you lead.
· To ensure that all activities have a risk assessment and continue to assess the changing nature of the risk each time you work with a group or individual young person, this should include obtaining an up to date and relevant weather forecast.
· To provide feedback to RP School, referring agencies, parents or carers, this may be in form of a weekly update or verbal report.
· To ensure that all records regarding students are kept up to date and are easily accessible for other staff who may teach that group on another occasion.
Commitment to Safeguarding Children:
· To ensure awareness of School policy and procedures re Child Pro
Information requested under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exception) Order 1975
Normally under the above Act, some criminal convictions do not have to be disclosed after a period of time when they become “spent”. This does NOT apply to posts having regular contact as part of their normal and routine duties with children under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is made exempt from these rules by the above Order. This means that you must disclose current and all other previous criminal convictions. This will be treated in the strictest confidence as specified in the Criminal Records Bureau Code of Practice, and will be considered only in relation to this application. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us, this will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offences. Failure to disclose this information could lead to your application being rejected, or if you are appointed, to dismissal if it is subsequently learnt that you have a criminal conviction.
The role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, schools, and colleges. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children'
Applicants will be required to complete an application form.
Further information for shortlisted candidates - We will carry also carry out an online search about you for information that is publicly available online. This will include social media accounts you may hold. This will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates. This processing of data will be conducted under the legal basis of Article 6(e) public task in line with the guidance laid out in para 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024. Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request. Successful candidates will also undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Employee Assistance
- Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.20pm
Experience:
- Special education: 1 year (preferred)
- Outdoor Instructing: 1 year (required)
A Driving Licence is essential for this post
Authorised to work in the United Kingdom
Ability to Commute to Havant, Hampshire
Closing date: 18/11/2024
Please email [email protected] or call 07563 024063 for more details or to apply