Student Support Supervisor/Librarian

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol, BS14 9LS

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,064.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) BG8 S/P 12-16 Term-time only 8.45am-3.15pm (45 min lunch)

Student Support Supervisor/Librarian job summary

Working collaboratively with teaching and pastoral staff, the postholder will support pupils who require additional guidance to re-engage positively with learning and school life. They will help maintain a calm, structured, and supportive environment, promoting good behaviour, reflection, and personal responsibility. In addition, the Student Support / Librarian will manage the day-to-day running of the school library, fostering a love of reading and ensuring resources are well organised and accessible to all students.

You are:

• A strong communicator with the ability to build positive relationships with students and staff
• Calm, patient and resilient with the ability to remain composed under pressure
• Well-organised and proactive with strong administrative and ICT skills and attention to detail
• Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team

You will:

• Supervise and support students in the Refocus Room or ARC, ensuring a calm, focused, and purposeful learning environment.
• Set high expectations for behaviour, reinforcing the school’s behaviour policies and ensuring students adhere to them.
• Intervene with identified pupils to improve behaviour and support individual or small groups of pupils as required.
• Run and develop a high-quality library service

We can offer:

• Happy, friendly and talented students
• Enthusiastic, committed and friendly staff
  
• Strong academic results
  
• A school with strong care, support and guidance
  
• A wide range of employee benefits including employee assistance programme and counselling sessions, option to participate in the cycle to work scheme, on site free car parking, free annual flu jab

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 754 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernadette-catholic-secondary-school

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