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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    6 March 2024 at 8am

  • Date listed

    21 February 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 3b upper range, Point 16 – 22. £28,282 - £31,364 FTE, Actual Salary on Point 16 £24,836, Actual Salary on Point 22 £27,543

Refocus Room Coordinator job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Refocus Room Coordinator. The ideal candidate will already possess the knowledge and experience to make this role successful and be able to provide the best support for our students.

This role is a full time, term time only permanent role.

The Core purpose of the role is to manage, organise and run an effective Refocus Room and provide support to identified students who need behaviour support and intervention in order to successfully engage them in learning and integration into school life.

Our ideal candidate will:

  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
  • Have previous pastoral experience.
  • Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
  • Form strong relationships with students/parents/carers
  • Have the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

The post holder will effectively:

  • Organise, run and manage the Refocus Room, ensuring it is organised and resourced each day.
  • To operate the day-to-day supervision of the Refocus Room and play a significant part in fulfilling this rota.
  • To ensure suitable intervention and support is available for students who access the Refocus Room
  • Work with support and champion the needs of an identified group of students to ensure their successful engagement in learning and integration into school life.
  • To work with and support families of identified students to help improve and develop engagement with school.
  • Support staff planning and use effective strategies to support challenging students.
  • Be a member of the pastoral team supporting selected students in achieving successful outcomes by ensuring they access a full education.

Specific responsibilities of this role:

  • Manage and oversee an Refocus Room programme designed to enable students to reflect on their behaviours.
  • Organise sessions with students within the Refocus Room.
  • Ensure the Refocus Room is resourced to provide work that is challenging and motivating to students to ensure a calm working environment.
  • Maintain high standards and expectations in line with our school ethos and values.
  • Ensure registers are updated and completed daily. Meet and greet identified students daily to set them up for a successful day.
  • Ensure all logs are kept up to date and school records reflect this.
  • Ensure the rota for staffing the Refocus Room is accurate and all periods of known and unknown staff absence are covered.
  • To work in collaboration with other staff members to design and coordinate interventions to support identified students. This will include the Head of Year, SENDCO and DSL.
  • Support teaching staff with managing the behaviour of key students.
  • To work with families of key students to help engage them with school.
  • Liaise and work with external agencies who work with the child to ensure that the school is supporting and complementing this work.
  • Know identified student’s SEND needs and which strategies could be used to support the student and their behaviour.
  • To be part of the school’s Call Out system, supporting staff in lessons where necessary.
  • To carry out duties around the school at social times, engaging positively with students at these times

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Moseley School and Sixth Form

School type
Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1428 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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The staff at Moseley School and Sixth Form are a passionate team of professionals. Our purpose is to inspire excellence in character and scholarship. The students and their families have bought into this vision. Together we form a friendly and dedicated community.

Moseley School and Sixth Form is a large comprehensive secondary school with a thriving sixth form. Moseley School first opened its doors in 1923. We value our long history whilst being excited about our future. There are 1300 students, 150 teaching and support staff, excellent facilities housed in a grade two listed building, a modern building which opened in 2012 and a recently completed sports complex and extensive grounds. Staff enjoy subsidised healthcare options and access to our on-site gym.

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