- Salary
- Competitive
- Work Type
- Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-Out
- Live-Out (No Accomm.)
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 428412
- Status
- Looking
- Updated
- 5/15/2025
- Expires
- in 8 days
- Views
- 1,439
WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE:
- • Mucking out stables and field management
- • Support in maintaining and health and safety of the yard
- • Working as a sessional staff member when required to support the delivery of equine assisted education programmes
- • Providing horse care including bandaging and application of medication
- • Turning out and bringing in horses
- • Feeding, watering and haying
- • Ability to work under work-related pressure (deadlines and priorities)
- • Horse Grooming, clipping and trimming
- • Tacking up, Lunging/long reining
- • Assist in managing contractors e.g Vet, farrier, dentist, other contractors
- • Assist in maintaining and managing equipment
- • Keeping staff and volunteers informed of any issues that may arise
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
- • The opportunity to work with a friendly, flexible team of highly knowledgeable people who are passionate about the charity and its work
- • Contributing to tackling youth mental health crisis – with a great team
- • Benefit from investment and a genuine commitment to you, your training and career development including:
- • Training towards British Horse Society qualifications and or Professional Groom Apprenticeship
- • Regular (bi-weekly) training in various areas of horse and human psychology, safeguarding & first aid
- • Generous holiday allowance
- • Basic Healthcare plan
- • Basic Salary
- • Development of skills in specialist Equine and Therapy field
How to apply: Please send your CV along with a cover letter explaining why you’re interested in applying for this role to catherine@strengthandlearningthroughhorses.org
Requirements
ABOUT YOU:
- • Committed to the role and be able to take pride in your work
- • Fit and healthy for the role and the demands of outdoor all-weather activities.
- • Hardworking and not afraid of physical work.
- • Must be able to be self-motivated, work alone at times and as part of a team.
- • Multi-tasking is essential
- • Reliable, friendly and able to communicate with the team
- • Comfortable with commuting to and from work
- • Basic understanding of Health and Safety at work and manual handling
Required Expertise
Sole Charge Working with childrenAccommodation
None
Job Benefits
Comprehensive training in delivering equine assisted education and therapy sessions Generous CPD allowance Pension Generous holiday allowance
- Employer No
- 403566
- Website
- https://strengthandlearningthroughhorses.org/
- Location
- Barnet, London, UK
Equestrian Employer Details
Strength & Learning Through Horses provides mental health and education support to some of London’s most vulnerable young people through offering equine assisted therapy and alternative education programmes. The organisation’s ability to deliver excellence in its service quality is dependent upon a skilled and competent workforce where learning and continuous improvement is a fundamental aim. The organisation’s core values are of: • Collaboration • Respect • Commitment to continuous self-improvement (both on an organisational and personal level) And Core Vision: “A team of Expert Non- Experts”
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- THE NATURAL ESSENCE AND BEHAVIOUR OF HORSES IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF EVERYTHING WE DO AT SLTH. RESPECTING THE HORSE’S NATURAL NEEDS AND BEHAVIOURS IS CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING WE DO. -2. ALL STAFF ARE TRAINED TO THINK PSYCHOLOGICALLY AT ALL TIMES ABOUT THE HORSES and the PEOPLE