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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    26 April 2024 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    10 April 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,702.00 Annually (FTE) Grade D. 29 hours worked over 5 days (term time and non-pupil days and an additional ten working days during the summer holidays). Monday – Friday .

Reset Room Manager job summary

As reset room manager, you would be responsible for the orderly running of the reset room and to help students reflect on their behaviour, so that they will be able to not be removed from future lessons. We are looking for a candidate who has excellent relationships with young people, organisational skills and understands that behaviour is communication.

Holsworthy Community College is a highly ambitious and caring school, committed to working in a relational way with all of our children. which is part of Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust. Visitors to our school always comment on the ‘family feel’ to the school. The school truly lives it’s cooperative values and this was identified by Ofsted in their last visit. They also commented about how behaviour is calm and orderly and that the school has a high quality curriculum.

As part of Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust, we are working as one school on three campuses. Departments from each school work closely together to build a high quality curriculum and to reduce staff workload. We believe in coaching members of staff to achieve their goals.

We will offer:

  • A family of schools, working together to serve our families and communities
  • A caring, welcoming and aspiring school community
  • A skilled, ambitious and dedicated staff team
  • Enthusiastic children who are keen to learn
  • A committed and highly effective team of colleagues
  • A dedicated and supportive Trust Board
  • A commitment to professional development

Job Purpose:

  • To lead the coordination and implementation of the College’s Reset Room provision, providing supervision and support for students whose behaviours are creating a barrier to learning and/or are placing themselves at risk of exclusion.
  • To work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to provide a lead support role within the school to address the needs of pupils in terms of covering behaviour related barriers to learning, attainment and achievement of progress.
  • To support the implementation of the College’s behaviour policies and to support young people to engage successfully and positively with their learning.
  • To work flexibly as a key member of the College’s student behaviour and student pastoral support team which works to facilitate student access to and success in classroom learning.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To lead the college’s RESET Learning Recovery provision and to monitor student behaviour within the provision
  • Assist students to follow behaviour expectations and learning programmes in the RESET Learning Recovery provision.
  • Develop, plan and implement strategies to address the behavioural needs of student and to offer information, advice and guidance to other staff regarding the support of students.
  • Support Assistant Principal in charge of student conduct to ensure disciplined behaviour system is robustly and effectively implemented so that students experience a consistent approach across the College in respect of praise and, where appropriate sanctions.
  • Support the Principal with evidence collecting and record keeping for any exclusions and / or tribunals.
  • To liaise with the parents/carers regularly, supporting the effective communication between the College and home.
  • Develop and implement action plans for identified students relating directly to their individual needs and circumstances and to contribute to review and reintegration meetings when required.
  • Ensure effective communication with the SENDCO, Head of Year, Head of Faculty, teaching staff, learning support assistants, pastoral staff and other student support staff.
  • Monitor, evaluate students’ responses, progress and achievements against the action plan through techniques such as observation, gathering and analysing relevant data.
  • Establish, maintain positive and appropriate mentoring relationships with students that engages, motivates and removes barriers to learning, aimed at achieving the goals defined in their action plans.
  • Encourage students to take responsibility by providing a range of information, advice and guidance to support and enable them to make choices about their own learning and behaviour.
  • Log all appropriate information correctly on the College’s monitoring systems e.g. Arbor, CPOMs, Provision Maps etc, and, where appropriate, train other colleagues in respect of the effective recording of information.
  • Work to improve student behaviour through a pro-active approach informed by trend analysis and through maintaining a clear and positive framework for behaviour management in line with the College’s Behaviour Policy.
  • Be responsible for promoting the welfare of students by identifying potential child abuse and following safeguarding procedures in accordance with the College’s Child Protection Policy.
  • To carry out administrative tasks associated with the role and related duties and to maintain effective records and monitoring procedures.
  • To provide regular feedback to the Assistant Principal & SENDCO, students, parents, teachers and other professionals, as appropriate, regarding progress made by individuals advise/recommend further support required to ensure that agreed goals are achieved.
  • To be aware of and work in accordance with the College’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and to raise any concerns relating to such procedures which may be noted during the course of duty.
  • To maintain confidentiality of information acquired in the course of undertaking duties, releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment only to those acting in an official capacity.
  • To attend all staff meetings as required.
  • Be responsible for your own self-development on a continuous basis.
  • To contribute the overall ethos and aims of the College.
  • To undertake other duties appropriate to the grading to the post required.
  • Implementing and supervising Internal exclusions and isolations.
  • Maintain record keeping and data collection on exclusions.
  • Management of RESET systems.
  • Management of whole school detention system.

Data Protection / General Data Protection Regulations Compliance

The Privacy Notice sets our general principles in relation to Data Protection and the General Data Protection Regulations. You should also abide all Trust policies relating to the use of data including but not limited to:

  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Records Retention Policy
  • Personal Data Breach Procedure
  • Employee Code of Conduct
  • E-safety Policy
  • Social Media Policy
  • Use of Personal Devices Policy

Our Privacy Notice for Employees explains how we use your personal data.

You should note that a duty of confidentiality applies to all personal data seen prior to the first day of employment (for example, pupil lists for the purposes of lesson planning or other activities to support teaching and learning). This reflects the custom and practice of those contracts of employment starting on the first day of term while recognising the need to be aware of and plan to support pupil needs.

Person Specification:

Education/Training:

Qualified to Degree Level - Desirable

Numeracy/literacy skills at least equivalent to Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework - Essential

Requirement to participate in training/development as/when identified by line manager as essential for performance of the post - Essential

Willingness to participate in other development and training opportunities - Essential

Experience:

Proven experience of working with disaffected children of relevant age - Desirable

Experience of planning effective actions for pupils at risk of underachieving for reasons of disaffection and/or exclusion - Desirable

Experience of leading or supervising the work of teams or individuals - Desirable

Experience of Microsoft Office - Essential

Knowledge:

Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislation - Desirable

Working knowledge of national curriculum and child centred intervention programmes - Desirable

Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and in particular, barriers to learning - Essential

Full understanding of range of support services/providers - Desirable

Skills/Abilities:

Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities - Essential

Ability to act professionally at all times and to relate well to children and adults, including other professionals/carers - Essential

Ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English - Essential

To work constructively as part of a team, to understand classroom roles and responsibilities and own position within these - Essential

Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications - Essential

Knowledge Arbor and CPOMs - Desirable

Equal Opportunities - The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) and will be required to come to DMAT HQ to complete mandatory training.

Training Details:

Location: Central Head Office (Wardhayes) 8 Simmons Way, Okehampton, EX20 1PY

Duration: Monday – Friday

Purpose: To provide comprehensive training on company policies, procedures, and systems necessary for successful integration into the role.

Training Schedule: Daily sessions from 9am to 4pm, with breaks provided.

Benefits of Training Week:
To gain valuable insights into our company culture and values.

Interact with key stakeholders and team members.

Acquire essential knowledge and skills to excel in your role.

Establish a strong foundation for your career growth within Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust.

‘This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’

Your application form will be processed by My New Term who act for DMAT as a data processor- please see our Privacy Notice for more information about how we process job applicant personal data.

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 Holsworthy Community College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
512 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

School location

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