Forest School Lead

Storal; Totmonslow; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance related bonus

50% childcare discount

Wellness day

DBS paid upfront

Job summary

Acorns Nursery in Tean, Stoke-on-Trent, is seeking a Forest School Leader to plan, deliver and oversee outdoor learning sessions across our settings, ensuring safety and EYFS-based practice for every child.

You will promote the Forest School ethos, work with year groups, support volunteers, and collaborate with management to create a warm, nurturing environment where children grow through play, exploration and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Forest School Lead qualification is essential.
• Early Years qualification at Level 2/3 is essential.
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years is essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and deliver a range of Forest School sessions with children across the school.
• Plan and deliver the Forest School Curriculum through weekly sessions.
• Deliver weekly Forest School Nurture group provision to support social, communication, behaviour or wellbeing needs.
• Promote the values and ethos of the school.
• Provide guidance to volunteers or support staff assisting with sessions.

Skills

Forest School Leader

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Early Years qualification Level 2/3

Job description

Nursery: Children 1st Acorns Nursery School, Draycott Road, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4JJ

Hours: Full Time, 40 Hours, Monday - Friday

Salary: Up to £13.90 per hour

Welcome Bonus: £500

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more

Remarkable future start here

You’ll be joining Acorns as a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning.

Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Blueberry. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community.

About the role:

A Forest School Leader plans, delivers, and manages outdoor learning sessions, fostering children’s development while ensuring safety and promoting the Forest School ethos:

• To plan, prepare and deliver a range of Forest School sessions with children across the school. To further develop and promote the Forest School
• To plan and deliver the Forest School Curriculum through weekly sessions to year groups of children as specified at agreed times in the year.
• To deliver weekly Forest School Nurture group provision to support children's specific social, communication, behaviour or wellbeing needs.
• To promote the values and ethos of the school
• To provide appropriate advice and guidance to volunteers or support staff assisting with sessions

About you:

• A true love for child development and care
• Able and willing to work in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
• High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
• Knowledge of the EYFS framework

Must haves:

• Forest School Lead qualification
• Early Years qualification at Level 2/3
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Why work for us:

Benefits At a Glance

• enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
• Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
• Health & wellness: Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more
• Development: Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
• Our community: Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more

We care about our people.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Acorns so special.

Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.

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