Outdoor Learning Mentor (Delta Bespoke)
Harbour School Dorset, BH20 6NU13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,095 – £27,814 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an enthusiastic individual with a passion for outdoor learning who can bring this vision to life and make a real difference to the lives and prospects of our young people, if so then this role is for you. Our adventure learning leaders are always looking for great people to join them, and right now are looking for Outdoor Learning Mentors to work with our Instructor Teams to support an outdoor education focused curriculum. Your role will include supporting the students in a range of outdoor & adventurous activities such as: Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Stand-up Paddleboarding, Rock Climbing and Orienteering as directed by the instructor.
The right person should also have a particular interest in supporting students with special educational needs, including those with behavioural, emotional, and social issues. Giving them the opportunities they deserve is a job like no other.
The successful applicant will be a highly motivated and flexible individual who can form positive relationships with students with a wide range of special needs in order to make a positive difference. Resilience and a sense of humour is a must. Driver desirable but not esssential.
What the school offers its staff
You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
Delta Bespoke takes great care to recruit the very best people so that the services we provide are outstanding. We believe that the best work gets done in an environment that’s enjoyable and which values, supports and encourages the development of its employees.
With that in mind, we support our staff in achieving relevant outdoor qualifications needed for the role.
If successful, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust. Our Trust ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. We put this into practice by ensuring:
- All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students, and families.
- High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
- We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
- We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
- We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
Further details about the role
Outdoor Learning Mentor
Grade E £26,095-£27,814 per annum, pro rata to £22,331-£23,802 per annum for 37 hours per week, term time only. Plus generous pension and sick pay scheme.
As part of the Delta Education Trust, Delta Bespoke manages and runs a series of Adventure Learning Outdoor Education Centres for young people who struggle in mainstream education settings. Our vision, Happiness in the Pursuit of Learning embodies our passion for creating learning and educational opportunities for students who find being in the classroom difficult.
At Delta, we really care about our pupils and their attitude towards learning. We pride ourselves on creating exciting learning environments and innovative curriculums suitable for all ages and abilities. With Delta Bespoke, pupils learn together to become knowledgeable, self-aware, independent and emotionally regulated. Creating students who are happy with themselves, brave enough to cope and confident enough to make positive decisions, wherever life takes them.
If you’d like to speak to someone about the role or visit Harbour School Dorset, please contact Jack Galloway onj.galloway@delta-bespoke.com
Closing date: 7th May 2025
Interview date: 14th May 2025
To become part of our journey, please complete ourSupport Staff Application Formand return it toHR@deltaeducationtrust.comif you would like to apply. See ourOutdoor Learning Mentor Job Description – (HSD)for further details on the role as well as ourHSD Child-Protection-and-Safeguarding-Policy.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Harbour School Dorset
- School type
- Free School, ages 10 to 19
- School size
- 105 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harbour School Dorset website
- Email address
- HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com
Arranging a visit to Harbour School Dorset
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com.
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