Job title: Forest School / Outdoor: Specialist Children and Families Practitioner SEND
Responsible to: Tracy Rodgers, Ruby Cunliffe
24 hours per week, Mondays to Thursdays, Term Time Only
Please contact us at [email protected] for an apication pack.
If you would like to visit the site and discuss the post in more detail please phone 07714253061
Purpose of the job: To work as part of a small team in our Hugi Nest Centre. Charnock Hall Primary School Hub, Sheffield S12. You will be a crucial part of providing an exciting, magical and high quality early years/primary experience for the children in a hygge philosophy, nurturing, outdoor woodland setting.
- Work with the team to deliver high quality alternative provision.
- Help us to promote a happy, caring and welcoming atmosphere.
- Be keen to learn and develop continued professional development.
- There will also be opportunities to do other short training courses with Hugi Settings.
- To be responsibility for a caseload of children, ensuring they have access to and participate in a range of outdoor learning and play opportunities.
- Assist with the recording and reporting of children's learning, care and development.
- To be aware of and follow all Hugi Nest policies and procedures.
- Work with multiagency team including social care, sendsars, speech and language therapy.
- Support children with hygiene & personal care.
- Actively participate at team meetings, supervision meetings and appraisal meetings. We are a small team and value everyone's ideas, thoughts, creativity and suggestions to make our setting the best it can be.
- To attend relevant training to keep skills and knowledge up-to-date.
- To comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff, which is acquired as part of the job.
Special Educational Needs Specific
To monitor the observation, identification, assessment and support of children with SEND and apply a graduated approach to identifying and meeting children’s needs.
To be a key person to a child and follow their case with support from the team
To follow targets on My Plan and Education Health Care Plans.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager. The post holder is also expected to be flexible and adaptable in their approach to fulfilling their duties.
Safeguarding requirement:
Tiny Hands Big Futures Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Person Specification:
- Must have experience of working with children and Forest School experience or equivalent.
- Happy to be outside in all weathers and don’t mind getting muddy!
- Enjoy working with young children and have some experience (this can be voluntary)
- Happy to sing songs, play games and be really enthusiastic about mud soup, mud tea, worms, sticks and leaves
- Experience of working with children with special educational needs and disabilities.
- We are open to consider your qualifications but ideally one of the following: Level 3 Practitioner, Childcare and Education, Teaching Assistant Qualification, Teaching Qualification. Forest School Qualification.
- We would also consider a therapist/mental health practitioner who could offer more mental health support to our children.
Committed to Inclusive Practice. Knowledge & understanding of child development from birth to ten years and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) / National Curriculum
Understanding of the Forest School ethos.
Good communication skills. Good team player.
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and does require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. Applicants must be prepared to disclose any convictions they may have and any orders which have been made against them.
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: £13.00-£14.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24 per week
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 05/07/2025
Reference ID: Forest School 09/25
Expected start date: 01/09/2025
