Student and Family Support Manager
Earl Mortimer College, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8JJThis job expired on 8 November 2021
Job start date
4 January 2022
Closing date
8 November 2021 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Part time - 22.5 hours (Over 3 days)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Two Terms until July 2022
Full-time equivalent salary
- HC6 £11,050.92 - £12,947.79
Student and Family Support Manager job summary
Responsible to: Head teacher
Professionally responsible to:
(where appropriate)
Dimensions:
(quantifiable measures relating to the post, such as number of staff managed, number of patients, size of local population, budgets and so on)
Responsible for:
Overall student outcomes in the school in partnership with the teachers concerned
Ensuring good pastoral care and personal development for students.
Presenting information and evaluation reports to the Head teacher, parents and governors, as requested
Arranging and promoting activities across the school to foster personal development, commitment and enthusiasm in students
Liaison with external agencies as required for pupils in the school
Key relationships/Functional links with:
(main relationships with people inside and outside the organisation that the post holder will come into contact with during the course of their work)
Internal: Head teacher , SMT, All staff
External: External Agencies
Main Purpose of Job:
To support the aims of the school by:
· Working with children and their families to promote their Health and Welfare and develop their potential
· Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils
· Attending Child Protection case conferences; taking responsibility for Common Assessment Framework (CAF) Caseload
· Encouraging parents to enjoy the company of their children and respond to them in a positive and caring manner
· Assisting families in the signposting of services
· Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils
· Communicating and co-operating with persons or bodies outside the school; participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above
Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities
The jobholder will be expected to complete the responsibilities / accountabilities effectively in order to deliver the key objectives of the organisation
The jobholder will be expected to complete the responsibilities / accountabilities effectively
Maintaining a focus on pupil welfare
· Work with colleagues and other external agencies
· Attend Child Protection case conferences, CAF reviews, staff meetings, training days, as required
· Ensure that service users are fully involved as possible in decisions which effect the individually
Exercising appropriate professional skills and judgement
Accountability for leading, managing and developing pupil welfare support across the school
· Create an atmosphere within school provision and homes in which parents/carers are encouraged to take responsibility for meeting the needs of their children and themselves
· Maintain confidentiality
· Promote equal opportunity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive policies and practices.
· Attend and deliver staff training and development courses as directed
· Report back and liaise with the Head teacher, Deputy Head, SENCo and other members of staff
Leading, developing and enhancing the support practice of others
Working with other relevant staff in the school:
Maintain personal expertise and share this with other staff
Lead on delivering Safeguarding training to other staff in school, as required
Act as a role model of good practice for other staff and children, modelling effective strategies with them
Monitor and evaluate standards of support, identifying areas for improvement
Plan and implement strategies to improve support where needs are identified
Identify staff development needs and co-ordinate these with those responsible for CPD in the school and deliver safeguarding training as required
Maintain accurate records on individuals as required
Follow the relevant procedures for ensuring that information and data is collected and recorded accurately thus enabling the production of reliable analyses and reports
DATA QUALITY
To follow the relevant procedures for ensuring that information and data is collected and recorded accurately thus enabling the production of reliable analyses and reports.
Other information:
Disclosure type: enhanced.
May be required to undertake safeguarding training at appropriate level to the role.
General information:
The post holder will be required to comply with organisation’s policies and procedures.
The organisation has a no smoking policy. Employees are not permitted to smoke on any of the organisation’s premises nor in any vehicle used on organisation business.
The postholder will promote the Council’s Health and Safety work policies and ensure that these are implemented effectively within his/her areas of responsibility.
Employees have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is an essential requirement that employees are aware of the Herefordshire Safeguarding procedures for sharing information about the welfare of any person for whom they have safeguarding concerns. Employees have a duty to ensure they attend training to enable them to recognise the indicators for concerning behaviour and receive safeguarding supervision as appropriate.
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 Earl Mortimer College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 510 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Earl Mortimer College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@emc.hereford.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01568 613221
Earl Mortimer College & Sixth Form Centre is a thriving and dynamic College placing the education of our students, in all aspects, at the heart of its drive for excellence. In November 2013 and October 2017 our Ofsted report judged us Good in every single aspect. At our truly comprehensive College, we have 531 students on roll including our post-16 provision. Our students come from a large rural catchment area and the College itself is the most modern, ’state of the art’ and attractive learning environment.
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