About this role
School Mission Statement
St James’ Catholic High School aims to ensure everyonewithin our school family achieves their full potential,to encourage learning and development through faith,and to strive for excellence.
Purpose
Under an agreed system of supervision, to work with the Assistant Headteacher, Heads of Year and Form Tutors to address the needs of pupils who require support to overcome barriers to learningTo lead the Damascus room offering pupils the chance to reflect on poor choices they have madeInspire and engage pupils in the vision for the schoolTo promote positive behaviour management by modelling and suggesting effective strategies in class and around school, including break and lunchtimes
Pastoral Support
Take a lead role in delivering pastoral support to pupils through the Damascus roomProvide advice to pupils relating to their social, health, hygiene and emotional development needsAssist the teacher with the development and implementation of individual Education/Behaviour/ Support/Mentoring plansTo lead on the Behaviour CurriculumEstablish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role modelArrange and develop 1:1 mentoring for pupils and provide support for distressed pupils individually or in small groupsSupport the reintegration of those who have been absent e.g. through long term illness, exclusionProvide information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning/behaviour and attendance and consequences of their actionsFacilitate restorative conversations between pupils and/or staffChallenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self esteemProvide feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance etc. Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, access to learning and supporting home to school and community linksTake a lead role in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration e.g. registration, truancy, pastoral systems etc.Be responsible for recording the SLT lunchtime detentionsTo run the SLT after school detentionsDeal as appropriate with administration e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation/analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions, making phone callsInvestigate incidents occurring in a school context and reporting the results of those investigations to the Form Tutor, Head of Year or Assistant Headteacher as appropriateUpdating the behaviour log on SIMSUpdate the Damascus data on Google sheets Teaching and Learning Support
Support pupils’ access to learning using appropriate strategies and resourcesWork with other staff, including specialist staff and professional agencies in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriateMonitor and evaluate pupils’ responses and progress against action plans through observation and planned recordingProvide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required to other staff on pupil’s achievement ensuring the availability of appropriate evidenceManage record keeping systems and processesTake a key role in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategiesActively seek support for pupils to broaden and enrich their learning School Support
Comply with all policies and procedures within schoolEstablish constructive relationships with staff and external agencies to support achievement of pupilsAttend and participate in meetings as directed, these will include calendarised evening events e.g. parents and curriculum eveningsParticipate in training and other learning activities as requiredTo undertake supervisory duties as directed by the Assistant HeadteacherTo have an involvement in other activities assigned by the HeadteacherSchool Ethos and Culture
Help foster the spiritual development of pupils in accordance with the school’s Mission StatementEnsure that the school’s vision is understood and clearly and effectively articulated to all pupilsPromote the school’s ethos and culture to the broader communityOther Specific Duties
Many specific responsibilities will require collaborativeworking with other team members which, as the InclusionManager you will develop proactively.This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure and basiconline searches. Whilst every effort has been made toexplain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, eachindividual task may not be identifiedThe post holder will be expected to comply with all reasonablerequests from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similarlevel that is not specified in their job description