Cover Supervisor (#2 vacancy)
Chosen Hill School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2PLThis job expired on 5 February 2023
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 February 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week 8.15am-3.05pm Monday to Friday (45 mins unpaid lunch) Term Time only (38 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 6: Point 13-20 £24,948 to £28,371 per annum pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Skills & Qualification
- The ability to use initiative to respond independently, as appropriate, to unplanned or unexpected situations arising in the classroom
- Experience of working with children.
- Numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to NVQ Level 2 or GCSE Grade C in Maths and English.
- Understanding of the curricular requirements of the school, these to include statutory requirements.
- Competence in the use of ICT to support teaching and learning.
- Ability to work with a minimum of supervision and within a team.
- Ability to manage pupils in a classroom setting.
Essential personal attributes
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative and with resilience.
- Self motivating with the ability to multi-task
- Good interpersonal skills - the ability to enthuse and motivate others.
- Good communication skills - ability to work with people at all levels.
- Flexible and adaptable
Practical Skills
- Ability to communicate with young people, both individually and in a group setting.
- Able to develop and maintain close links and work effectively with staff both within and beyond the school, for example, staff from external supply agencies
- Able to gather information and produce reports
- Confident basic user of ICT.
- Must be numerate.
- Good planning and organisational skills and a flexible approach to the management of work.
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
- Ability to prioritise own workload
Staff Development
- To take part in the school’s staff development programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development.
- To engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.
What the school offers its staff
Chosen Hill School is a successful Academy located in the rural environment of Churchdown, halfway between Gloucester and Cheltenham. Chosen Hill School opened in 1959 and became an Academy Trust in 2011. There are close to 1400 students in the school including a popular and expanding Sixth Form.
With a whole school emphasis on enabling students to develop a growth mindset, we aim to encourage students to embrace challenge and develop intrinsic motivation and ensure the key learning behaviours of resilience, resourcefulness, taking responsibility and reflection are honed as they progress on that journey.
Chosen Hill School Prides itself on being a school where teachers can truly thrive and grow professionally. We ensure that teachers are well supported and have both the time and resources to improve their practice. Our aim is to ensure that every teacher has the training and development opportunities so they can teach great lessons for our students.
Further details about the role
EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example.
- To promote actively the school’s corporate policies.
- To comply with the school’s Health and Safety Policy and associated working procedures, undertaking risk assessments as appropriate.
- To comply with the School’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy and to ensure that it is implemented within the service area of the post.
- To comply with the School’s Data Protection Policy and Code of Practice within the service area of the post.
- To support the school in meetings its legal requirements for worship.
- To show high expectations of all students and staff; respect for their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic backgrounds; and commitment to raising educational achievements.
- Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to all visitors and telephone callers.
- Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
- Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
- The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
Commitment to safeguarding
“Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone's responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has an important role to play in safeguarding children. School staff are particularly important as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children to prevent concerns from escalating. All school staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.”(Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2022)
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About Chosen Hill School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1328 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chosen Hill School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@chosen-hill.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01452 713488
Chosen Hill School is a thriving comprehensive academy, judged Good by Ofsted in all categories. It is a large, popular and successful 11-18 Academy school, situated in Churchdown, half way between Cheltenham and Gloucester. We have around 1350 students on roll, of which 200 are in the Sixth Form.
Chosen Hill is a happy school, where students, staff and parents work closely in partnership. There is an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
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