What skills and experience we're looking for
• Assist in the management of student behaviour by working closely with the existing Heads of Year and Pastoral Leaders.
• Help to foster a climate of praise and celebration.
• Undertake the assessment of individual student needs, including those relating to attendance and wellbeing.
• Advise Pastoral Leaders in the day to day management of student behaviour, including attendance and wellbeing as well as the production and implementation of whole school plans and initiatives.
• Manage a caseload of students.
• Ensure clear and effective channels of communication between staff, families/carers and any other agencies.
• Use internal data to analyse pupil engagement with school and their learning and propose/implement suitable strategies to address findings.
• At times, manage the supervision of students in the Zacchaeus Centre on a rata basis.
• Meet and work with families/carers to improve student attitudes where necessary.
• Liaise with our primary schools to ensure a smooth transition from one key stage to the next.
Miscellaneous
• To be able to work flexible hours when the role requires.
• To promote inclusivity and widening participation by contributing to the achievement and implementation of the Academy’s Equality and Diversity policy.
• To undertake any additional responsibilities and duties, commensurate with the post, as requested by the Principal.
What the school offers its staff
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is part of the Newman Catholic Collegiate in which all members of staffare committed to our Catholic and Lasallian values which are exemplified in the care and support of allcommunity members.
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is committed to providing a safe learning environment in which everycommunity member can achieve their full potential, feels valued, safe and supported, and is able to grow and become the best version of themselves.
We are an Academy that promotes and celebrates diversity and which practices equality of opportunity.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all of its employees to share this commitment. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions