Behaviour, Attendance and Safeguarding Support
Solihull Sixth Form College, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3WRThis job expired on 2 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours Term Time Only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade D, Points 11-14 (£27,532- £30,119) Actual salary £23,481 - £25,688
What skills and experience we're looking for
Role Purpose:
- To provide a top-quality support service for allocated members of the pastoral leadership team, which increases effectiveness, impact and efficiency.
- To take a pro-active and forward-looking approach to this support with a high level of trust, independence and initiative.
- To manage safeguarding information in a confidential manner, supporting the safeguarding team in delivering effective provision for all stakeholders
- To provide an excellent and professional level of customer service to colleagues, learners and external visitors in keeping with the values and culture of the College.
Main duties and responsibilities
The post-holder will:
- Develop a high level of trust, partnership, confidence and confidentiality with the pastoral leadership team, which facilitates maximum effectiveness and delegation.
- Coordinate meetings and communications for members of the safeguarding team, liaising with external agencies in relation to safeguarding concerns. Maintaining confidentiality and managing the balance of urgency and support appropriately.
- Manage the safeguarding system to provide data and to support the lead DSL’s reporting of safeguarding information, internally and externally.
- Manage diaries, contacts, commitments and duty management rotas ensuring papers and information are prepared and circulated in a timely way.
- Manage internal and external communication for the Pastoral Leadership Team, taking an agreed level of authority.
- Co-ordinate agendas and take minutes at appropriate meetings within the responsibilities of the allocated Pastoral Leadership Team and support them as they plan and prepare for these meetings.
- Liaise with other colleagues regarding the management of student progress, behaviour and attendance including the administration of the student engagement and disciplinary procedures and the arrangement of appointments with parents/carers.
- Provide a high-quality service to Pastoral Leadership Team including the production of letters, documents, materials for presentations and correspondence and the maintenance of records and files.
- Welcome visitors and provide appropriate hospitality.
- Undertake any other reasonable task at the request of any member of the Pastoral Leadership Team.
Other Responsibilities:
- To take part in the College’s Performance management review scheme
- To be committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- To promote and comply with equality of opportunity as laid out in the College’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy
General Duties
- Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
- Undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the post and/or as detailed in the Trust Health and Safety policy.
- Work in accordance with all of the College’s and Trusts policies and procedures.
Notes
- This job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post.
- It will be reviewed regularly and may be subject to modification or amendment at any time after consultation with the post-holder
What the school offers its staff
Join our friendly, thriving and supportive team here at The Sixth Form College, Solihull. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our learners and to stretch their potential to the full.
The Sixth Form College, Solihull is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust.
We require an enthusiastic and experienced administrative colleague to support allocated members of the Senior Leadership Team with a focus on behaviour, attendance and safeguarding.
You will hold GCSE English and Maths or equivalent at grade 4 or above and ideally to be educated to A level or equivalent. You will also have previous administrative experience preferably in supporting senior leaders and have initiative, the ability to prioritise your own workload and work flexibly, as well as excellent customer service skills and enjoy working with young people.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Solihull Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Solihull Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Join our friendly, thriving and supportive staff here at Solihull Sixth Form college. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our students and to stretch their potential to the full.
Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust
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