Job Description
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We are looking for an associate tutor who can be a role model to our students showingresilience, leadership and empathy. A tutor who will sharea passion for the outdoorswith our students; demonstrating the benefits of working in the outdoors andexpeditionary learning.
Our ideal candidate will:
- support children and young people who have experienced difficulty in learning in mainstream school.
- help our students develop confidence, skills and knowledge to believe that they can be successful in their own lives.
As an Associate Tutor you will work with teachers, parents, carers, local schools and outside agencies to ensure each of our student's needs are best met.
Role description:
Forge positive and mutually respectful relationships with colleagues and students.
Have a good understanding of outdoor education and how it can have an impact on students' wellbeing.
Use the 'Dare to be Olive' approach to ensure that high expectations for behaviour are maintained.
Demonstrate reflective practice and ability to adapt and improve your own practice.
Follow guidance and take direction from teachers and other professionals to best support each student.
Communicate effectively and sensitively with students and their families.
Maintain a good working knowledge of current safeguarding practice when working with vulnerable young people.
Have a good working knowledge of barriers to learning many of our students face, such as SEND or SEMH needs.
Please download the job pack for full details. You can also find more information at: http://www.oliveacademies.org.uk/working-with-us/
At Olive Academies we can offer you:
o a close and supportive team in a working environment where your wellbeing is a priority
o high quality CPD, strong links to mainstream schools and opportunities for career progression
o an organisation which is values driven and has children at the centre of everything we do
o the freedom to be innovative without the constraints of a mainstream curriculum.
Our academies always welcome visits from potential applicants. Please get in touch with Susie Tyler, Office Manager (E: susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk T: 01708 853781) if you would like to arrange a visit or need any further information.
Please email your completed application form, including your personal statement to susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications: 20th March 2019 (noon)
Interviews to be held at Olive AP Academy - Thurrock on Tuesday 26th March 2019.
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