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We believe that everyone deserves a chance to learn and space to thrive and that the right education can change lives. You'll help break down barriers to education for young people, helping them learn and grow at their own pace.
Hours
37.5 hours
Working pattern
52 weeks per year
Salary
£27,590.00 per year
Location
Bridge College, Whitworth Street, Openshaw, M11 2GR
Aim of the Role
Bridge College is the Together Trust's specialist education college for students aged 16 to 25 years with disabilities, complex needs and autism. Bridge College promotes a multidisciplinary approach to learning and has expertise in supporting students with a wide range of needs. We are seeking to recruit a horticulture facilitator who will be responsible for small groups of young adults contribute to their outdoor learning & development.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate small groups of learners and their access to the outdoor learning environments for the purposes of work-based learning.
- Lead on the development of the college garden centre.
- Plan and prepare activities which will support learners to undertake work-based learning roles within the vocational learning environments including lawn maintenance and jet washing.
- Share your love of gardening and answer questions from visitors
- Understand some basic business-related tasks and procedures.
- Ability to work independently to ensure the gardens and grounds are well maintained.
- Use learning support plans to better understand the barriers learners may be facing and use this information to plan for activities when facilitating a session
About you
- Level 3 or 4 qualification in a related vocational area
- Level 3 award in Education and Learning
- Experience of working within an education setting, or facilitate groups of young people with additional needs
- Experience of running vocational learning environments to facilitate work-based learning.
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and risk assessment process
- Capacity to adapt to changes within the role & changes of student cohort.
- Ability to identify, clarify and solve problems as they arise.
Benefits
- Annual Leave 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home
If this sounds like a place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience, we are looking for please apply now. We would love to hear from you!
This role expires 4th April 2025
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).
This role will involve regulated activity.
