Cover Supervisor (SEN School)

Haybrook College, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 6LZ

10 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
31 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week term time only. Pupils are on site 8.30am to 2.30pm Monday to Thursday and until 1pm on Fridays. Staff can leave 1.30pm on Fridays.
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: from £27,377 (£23,547 actual). Level 4, NJC 9 - 12.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Cover Supervisor at Millside SEMH Specialist School in Slough. Millside School is part of Haybrook College Alternative Provision Academy which also has four unique programmes at KS4 and a range of ‘revolving door’ provisions at KS3/KS4. These have proven to be highly successful in supporting young people to maintain their mainstream school place or return to another mainstream school.

Millside School has over 70 pupils in Key Stage 3 and 4, all of whom have Education, Health and Care Plans for Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH). Our shared aim is to help our pupils to make positive behaviour choices and become independent learners with positive futures.

The role of the Cover Supervisor is to:

Receive direction on a daily basis from the Head of Millside School as to the work required.
Supervise work that has been set by absent teaching staff
Manage the behaviour of students while they are undertaking this work to ensure a constructive environment
Respond to any questions from pupils about process and procedures
Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the Haybrook College policies and procedures
Collect completed work and return it to the class teacher
Report back as appropriate using the centre’s agreed procedures on the behaviour of pupils during the class, and any issues arising
General support duties within the centre as directed by the Head of Centre or the Senior Leadership Team

Although the position will be based at Millside School, there may be times where you will be required to cover at other Haybrook College centres in Slough. You will therefore need to be available at short notice to travel to any of the Haybrook centres which require your services. You could be asked to cover the lessons of any subject on the curriculum and you could be working at a centre for anything from a day to several weeks depending on the length of the requirement. You will need to be proactive, highly flexible, have a good standard of literacy and numeracy and excellent communication skills.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may close earlier if the right candidate is found.

What the school offers its staff

Early finish Fridays (1.30pm).

Further details about the role

Millside School has a creative, solution focused approach which includes:

nurturing tutor groups, of up to 7 pupils in KS3 that support the transition from Primary to Secondary, aiming to develop independence and resilience at each student’s own pace;
our KS3 curriculum uses links across subjects to make learning feel more meaningful and allows students to develop their own interests and mastery across the curriculum;
a full suite of Entry Level, GCSE and vocational qualifications completed during Year 10-11, so that students can move onto post-16 college, training or employment with qualifications in Maths, Statistics, English Language and Literature, Science, ICT, Art/ 3D Design and other more specialist courses including Arts Award and the Duke of Edinburgh Award;
our weekly ‘Thought for the week’ themes which focus on the values we wish to promote and share: for example Courage, Kindness, Truth, Inclusion and the traits that make for a caring community and a healthy body and mind;
daily mentoring and learning support from our Sports Coach Mentors, as well as personalised interventions from our Intervention Mentors for those pupils who require greater support with attendance and engagement in learning;
and finally, a ‘family atmosphere’ whereby we celebrate success through our reward assemblies and activities, we eat together daily and we share responsibility for the care of our therapeutic Millside pets.

Commitment to safeguarding

As part of our commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, it is College policy to obtain references prior to interview. Applicants will be required to undertake a DBS enhanced disclosure. Haybrook College strives to be an equal opportunities employer and recruits from all sections of the community solely on basis of ability to fulfil the job requirements. As per KCSIE guidance, we may consider searching for your profile online.