Unqualified Teacher – Outdoor Education

Unqualified Teacher – Outdoor Education, Aurora BrooklandsLocation Midge Hall, near Leyland, Lancashire

Salary UQT 1-4 (£20,598 to £27,406) Depending on experience and skills

Hours 40 hours per week – Term Time Only

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Our pupils are with us because for each of them, the nature of the mainstream provision that they have experienced, has not met their needs. They will have had a very fractured and or traumatic educational journey. We work with them and support them to build back their confidence and self-esteem, thereby re-engaging them in learning socially and academically. We focus on their strengths, helping them realise the opportunities that are there for them in their future.

Outdoor Eduction

This post will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of Outdoor Education for Aurora Brooklands School. Teachers are expected to plan, deliver learning, assess progress being made and report on it, and evaluate the quality of delivery so that it can be improved in an on-going way.

Activities include

• Survival skills, fire lighting, den building, outdoor cooking
• Exploring wildlife and their natural habitat
• Walks, trails and orienteering
• Safety outdoors
• Team building, team games

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Essential

• Level 2 qualifications at Grade 4/5 or above in English and Maths and three other subjects.
• Level 3 qualifications (such as A Level.)
• Honours degree
• Willingness to pursue study to achieve QTS/QTLS
• An Interest and/or experience in Outdoor Education

What’s on offer?Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.