Outside Learning Support Worker

TES FE News; Stockport; On-site; GBP 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Join TES FE News as an Outside Learning Support Worker at Reddish Hall School, supporting the delivery of engaging outdoor learning experiences for vulnerable students with SEMH needs. The role provides a structured, therapeutic environment to foster key social, emotional, and behavioral skills essential for holistic development. This full-time position entails collaborative planning of outdoor educational activities, making a positive impact on young lives.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Access to mental health support services

Flexible benefits platform

Qualifications

• Experience in outdoor learning or willingness to train.
• Ability to engage with young people with SEMH needs.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver outdoor learning activities.
• Facilitate physical and outdoor activities across seasons.
• Monitor and record pupil engagement and progress.

Skills

Passion for the outdoors

Empathy

Communication skills

Job description

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Job Overview

Role: Outside Learning Support Worker

Location: Reddish Hall School, Stockport SK5 6UY

Salary: £22,406.25 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am – 4.00pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

All Applicants must have a Full UK Driving Licence

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Outside Learning Support Worker to join our close-knit team at Reddish Hall School, part of Acorn Education.

Job Overview

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Role: Outside Learning Support Worker

Location: Reddish Hall School, Stockport SK5 6UY

Salary: £22,406.25 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am – 4.00pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

All Applicants must have a Full UK Driving Licence

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Outside Learning Support Worker to join our close-knit team at Reddish Hall School, part of Acorn Education.

About The Role

The Learning Outside the Classroom Support Worker supports the delivery of the Learning Outside the Classroom curriculum and off-site educational activities at Reddish Hall School. This role contributes significantly to the school's vision of enabling pupils with SEMH needs—who have often struggled in previous settings—to succeed both socially and academically.

Through engaging, structured, and therapeutic outdoor learning experiences, the Support Worker will help pupils develop essential social, emotional, and behavioural skills to support lifelong learning and wellbeing.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Collaborate with the Learning Outside the Classroom Lead and Pupil Enrichment & Experiential Lead to plan, deliver, and evaluate high-quality outdoor learning activities.
• Facilitate a range of physical and outdoor activities across all seasons and weather conditions.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of small-group or 1:1 intervention sessions using outdoor learning approaches (e.g., Forest School or therapeutic activities), aimed at supporting pupils with specific SEMH, behavioural, or social needs.
• Monitor and record pupil engagement, progress, and outcomes.
• Maintain and organise outdoor education equipment and resources
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes/qualifications:

• A genuine passion for the outdoors and for supporting vulnerable young people
• Experience of delivering (or a willingness to train in delivering) therapeutic or intervention-based programmes through outdoor learning, such as Forest School, sensory regulation activities, or targeted behaviour support.
• Ability to engage and build trust with pupils through communication, consistency, and empathy.
  
  

About Us

Reddish Hall School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 18, catering for pupils with social emotional and mental health difficulties, with a high proportion of pupils who have a diagnosis of ASC. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
  
  

And a Market-leading Benefit Offering Through Our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, Enables You To Choose The Package That’s Right For You, Including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
  
  

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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