Deadline : 29th January 2016 – Forest School Educator

Reflections Nursery & Forest School

Forest School Educator

Salary: Negotiable

Worthing, West Sussex.

Job description:

Share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Forest Schools sessions.
Monitor the weather prior to every session and ensure that children are adequately protected from the elements, including finding alternatives to the woodland on days of high winds.
To drive the minibus to and from forest school sessions in line with company policy, ensuring that the fuel and windscreen wash are kept at a maintained level for functioning.
To share responsibility for keeping the Forest School Risk Assessments file up-to-date at all times.
The effective supervision of any visitors to the forest school sessions.
Ensure that the highest standards of safety, security, hygiene, cleanliness (and tidiness in the forest school changing area) are operated at all times
Where forest school experiences are transferred to the nursery (indoors or garden), to ensure the safety and welfare of the children.
Organise information, footage and attend parent\’s evenings/ meetings and parent visit days, as required.
To ensure that all equipment is stored away correctly at the end of every session and topped up as required; phones and cameras placed on charge, fire box replenished etc.
At the end of every week (or more frequently if required), all suits and bags are washed and hung to dry over the weekend ready for Monday morning.
To respond to any parental concerns raised, in conjunction with the Forest School Lead