Student Support Manager
Job Description
Reports to: Head of Year/Assistant Principal
Start date: September 2022
Closing date: 9am on 27th June 2022
Salary: Ark Band 6, Pay Point 8 – 19 (£23,405 - £28,497) depending on experience
Working Pattern: Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)
Purpose
- To support the Head of Year to develop a strong culture and ethos, exemplified by high expectations, exemplary behaviour and exceptional attitudes to learning
- To promote and embed the school and cohort culture within and beyond lessons, including in key set pieces such as assemblies and line ups.
- To provide pastoral care for all students in the cohort, working with teachers, leaders and families to promote students’ academic, social and emotional wellbeing
- To ensure all academy routines and expectations are fully embedded across the cohort
- To embed a culture of excellent attendance within the cohort so that it does not fall below expected levels
- To implement and uphold the academy’s behaviour policy and rewards system, running interventions and implementing follow up as necessary
Key Responsibilities
- To enshrine the academy’s values in the day-to-day experience and conduct of the pupils, both inside and outside the classroom
- To be the first port of call for parents and carers in relation to student behaviour and barriers to learning
- To mentor and support pupils in their learning and encourage positive attitudes and behaviour in and around school
- To facilitate weekly interventions for groups of students
- To lead on the development of a range of peer mentoring activities.
- To reward good behaviour and challenge/take action/investigate on incidents and poor behaviour including uniform and punctuality issues.
- To be present at post exclusion meetings and regularly meet with families of students whose behaviour is causing concern
- To encourage students to become more actively involved in academy life including charity and community work
- To actively support students around issues regarding their welfare and safeguarding
- To support students and classes in a set number of lessons each week, liaising with the pastoral and inclusion teams to ensure that all students’ academic needs are met in the classroom
- To support with cover lessons in the year group where necessary
Leadership and Management
- To form an effective Year leadership team with the Head of Year, tutors and other leaders
- To lead agenda items in Year Briefings and encourage a team culture with tutors
- To liaise with outside agencies regarding individual students
Academy Culture and Systems
- To coordinate and support year groups activities including rewards, assemblies, social times, ASCU and lesson transitions
- To deal with behavioural incidents and keep records of interventions.
- To provide cover supervision for tutor groups, On Tour and Seclusion when needed
Other
- To undertake additional duties required by the Vice Principal, Secondary Headteacher and/or Principal
- To share the school’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
- To participate in appropriate CPD to develop appropriate specialist expertise to contribute to pastoral team (e.g., bereavement training, restorative practice)
