About The Role
DBS Check Required: Yes
Qualifications Required: 5 GCSEs, or equivalent, at grade C/4 or above (Including English and Math's)
Pre-employment Health Assessment Required: N/A
Start Date (Subject to pre employment checks): September 2023
About the Candidate
Main purpose of the job
To work with teaching staff to provide support to specified pupils, particularly those defined as ‘barrier free’ and those on the SEND register
To support the Roman Catholic character of the school, to establish good relationships with pupils and staff and to co-operate with the senior staff responsible for the school
Main tasks
Administrative
To be responsible for any necessary documentation relating to individual pupils
To liaise with teaching staff to help young people reach their targets
Support Role
Have responsibility for personal and pastoral support for pupils developing good attitudes
To develop a good, positive relationships with young people in order to remove barriers to learning and to encourage progress
To engage constructively with young people and to relate to them and to their needs
To encourage young people to develop their skills and to help them to identify problems and to find solutions
To work closely with teaching staff to provide additional support for target pupils through preparation of materials and monitoring of pupil work
To help young people to draw up plans and to encourage them to keep to plans and to meet deadlines
To meet with and work with parents as required
To monitor the work and progress of young people
To report as required on the development of young people being supported
To work with teaching staff in specified departments to support the development of personalised teaching and learning strategies for target pupils
To provide general supervision around the school as part of the staff team
About Us
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
