Work In The Woods

HILL HOLT HEALTH SUPPORT RANGER

Hours: 10am – 3pm Tuesday to Friday (20 hours)

Part-time

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OVERVIEW

The Hill Holt Health Programme is a nature-based therapeutic service, based on the Ecotherapy or Green Care model of wellbeing. By getting outside and working on woodland management, conservation and coppice craft activities in our beautiful 43-acre ancient woodland, our participants find their emotional, cognitive, and physical health improves.

Our participants come to us with a range of mental and physical health, neurological and learning disability support needs. Some just feel low and want time out following redundancy or a bereavement. Sessions are planned around individual need and use woodland management to help them develop resilience and self-confidence so that they can better manage their mental health. We work with them and their health care practitioner, if they have one, so that they can achieve their goals.

Our nature-based intervention schemes are designed to help the individual live happier and healthier lives through improving green spaces for the wider community and creating products from resources created by the woodland. This work is meaningful and helps develops a variety of life skills in the participants.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an individual to support the Senior Ranger in charge of the Health provision at Norton Disney Bigwood.

They must have an empathic and patient nature and enjoy working outdoors in the woodland.

Some experience of working within the mental health sector is desirable but not essential, it is important that the person is able to listen and communicate effectively and offer advice and support when required.

This opportunity is about doing rewarding work in beautiful natural surroundings and encouraging people to build their skills, confidence, and social interaction so they can lead fulfilling lives.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with the Health Ranger to enable the safety, positive engagement and personal growth of the participants, according to their individual support plans

• According to seasonal needs of the woodland and direction by the Health Ranger, creatively manage the woodland with a team of adults with a variety of abilities and support needs, both physical and emotional, using hand tools wherever possible

• Ongoing passive education of participants of the needs and methods of conservation and sustainable works and enabling their full participation

Full driving licence essential.

This post requires an enhanced DBS check.
Hill Holt Wood is an equal opportunity employer.

We cannot accept CV's. For an application form please email us or download one from our website: https://www.hillholtwood.co.uk/work-for-us

Once complete please email us your completed application form. To help us manage your application please use 2025HSR(YOURNAME) as the email subject.

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Overview

Hill Holt Wood is a nationally recognised and award-winning Environmental Social Enterprise, it currently employs full and part time rangers and is engaged in a wide range of activities including the education of young people, extensive forestry operations, contracts with the local council, eco-construction, both design and build and events. It focuses on changing people’s lives within a sustainable, environmental setting. The organisation, quite simply, puts people first and works in a holistic way with the emphasis on positive change and social inclusion. The way people that work here really embrace the social enterprise vision, it is more than a job, it is a way of life, and the team embodies the spirit of a family.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our learners at Hill Holt Wood, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal record and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the College. On joining, you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our young people.

 

Benefits:

 

• Company events

• Company pension

• Discounted or free food

• Employee discount

• Free parking

• Health & wellbeing programme

• On-site parking

• Referral programme

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