At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead outdoor learning sessions and inspire children's development through play.
- Company: Join a nurturing nursery that values creativity and individuality.
- Benefits: Up to £13.90 per hour, wellness days, childcare discounts, and more.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while enjoying a supportive community.
- Qualifications: Must have Forest School Lead qualification and Early Years experience.
The predicted salary is between 13.9 - 13.9 £ per hour.
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 more.
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.
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:
- Enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain.
- Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more).
- Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more.
- Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund.
- 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.
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 comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback, discussion, and 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 thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.
Forest School Lead in Stoke-on-Trent employer: Storal
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