Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on experience
Location: Taunton
Hours of work: Full Time, Monday to Friday 08:30am to
4:30pm
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident leader who
is passionate about outdoor learning and making a meaningful difference. You’ll
play a key role in shaping the service, supporting staff, and ensuring every
young person benefits from a safe, engaging, and enriching experience.
About Us
Empower Family Group’s Quantock Outdoor Education service
provides enriching outdoor learning experiences for children and young people,
many of whom may face additional challenges or barriers to engagement.
Through structured and therapeutic outdoor activities, we
support young people to build confidence, resilience, teamwork, and
independence. Our programmes combine practical outdoor skills with personal,
social, and emotional development.
We are proud to offer a safe, inclusive, and inspiring
environment, delivered by a dedicated team of skilled professionals who are
passionate about helping young people thrive.
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
• Proven experience in a leadership or management role
within education, outdoor education, or children’s services
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection,
and risk management
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team
• Experience working with children and young people,
including those with additional needs
• Experience developing and delivering curriculum-based
programmes
• Knowledge of EHCP processes and multi-agency working
• Full UK driving licence
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain)
Desirable:
• Relevant qualification in Outdoor Education, Teaching,
Youth Work, or similar
• Forest School, First Aid, or outdoor activity
qualifications
Benefits
Benefits
What You’ll Get
- Free
personable mortgage advice
- Access
to the Blue Light Card (discounts)
- Access
to a staff discount scheme
- Employee
Assistance Programme
- Health
and Wellbeing support via the Wisdom app
- Paid
training and development opportunities
- Be
part of an innovative and supportive team
- A
real opportunity for career progression
- A
chance to make a meaningful difference
Skills Required
- Proven experience in a leadership or management role within education, outdoor education, or children's services
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and risk management
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team
- Experience working with children and young people, including those with additional needs
- Experience developing and delivering curriculum-based programmes
- Knowledge of EHCP processes and multi-agency working
- Full UK driving licence
- Enhanced DBS check or willingness to obtain
- Relevant qualification in Outdoor Education, Teaching, Youth Work, or similar
- Forest School, First Aid, or outdoor activity qualifications
What We Do
Empower Family Group is a Somerset-based, child-focused care provider supporting children and young people through specialist, bespoke services. Its work includes residential children’s homes, fostering, supported living, outreach and community support, crisis assistance, and alternative education. The group aims to safeguard welfare, create safe and nurturing environments, help young people access loving homes and quality education, and build confidence and independence.
