Associate Tutor for Outdoor Learning and Applied Resilience

Job Description

ASSOCIATE TUTOR FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND APPLIED RESILIENCE

Salary: Scale 6 26-28 TTO + 4 weeks

This is an exciting time to join the Olive Academies[G1] Multi-Academy Trust, and this role will offer the successful candidate the chance to help shape our provision in Thurrock.

We are delighted to offer an excellent opportunity for an outdoor practitioner/enthusiast to be part of our academy outdoor adventure programme.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the benefits of working in the outdoors and how this can bring positive effects to our young people and help improve staff well-being. This is an opportunity to bring the passion of the outdoors and expeditionary learning into the classroom and take learning in the classroom outside.

Instructors will work with young people aged 11 to 16 years in class sizes of up to 12. Olive Academies places an emphasis on character development, and values developing the whole student to help prepare them for later life and the challenges and opportunities this may hold. Therefore, we are looking for someone who can model and encourage traits such as leadership, communication, determination, ambition, reflection, empathy and conviction. Experience of instructing young people in an outdoor learning environment is both classroom and field based is essential.

If you are interested in joining our forward thinking and innovative team, and would like to receive a job description and person specification, please email our office manager, Susie Tyler on susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk or call 01708 853781. We would also welcome the opportunity to invite you to come and visit the Academy and meet with the Outdoor Learning Team.

Information about the School

Based in the heart of Thurrock, our academy specialises in alternative provision and supporting the social and emotional educational needs of young people. Olive AP Academy - Thurrock supports up to 94 pupils for whom traditional teaching methods have not worked. Students, ranging in age from 11 to 16, join us following permanent exclusion from a mainstream school or due to having medical needs that prevent them from attending a mainstream setting. Our academy is a nurturing, inclusive community where students are able to grow and develop. We strive to ensure success for all our learners academically, socially and morally. We build a curriculum around the needs of our students and are proud that our Year 11 students leave with qualifications on par with their mainstream peers and transition into education, training or employment. Having a working beauty salon, kitchen and hospitality area, construction area, science laboratory and fitness suite onsite allows for a hands-on approach to the curriculum and the development of transferable skills for the future. Alongside our ever-growing curriculum, we offer our students additional qualifications in non-traditional subjects such as sailing, climbing, extreme mountain biking, bushcraft and first aid. All students receive therapeutic support and this can range from a set or personalised programme, counselling, speech and language intervention or small group activities around self-worth and wellbeing. We pride ourself on encouraging positive mental health and wellbeing and are pleased to have received a National Wellbeing Award, which acknowledges the support we provide for staff, students and families. Working in alternative provision can be challenging, but joining the Olive family is one of the most rewarding and positive career developments you will make. If you have the experience and enthusiasm to support us on our journey, I would love to hear from you. Thank you for your interest. Collette Hunnisett Executive Headteacher