House Manager

St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College are seeking to employ a full time House Manager (Pastoral). To take a central role in maintaining the highest standards of behaviour, discipline, presentation, progress, achievement and participation within the House; working with Scholastica, Ecclesia and Olympia leaders to support student academic, pastoral and social needs. Liaison with other House Managers to share best practice as appropriate., To:

• Promote and support the Catholic values and aims of the College at all times
• Promote and implement College and House policies and protocols
• Exercise pastoral care of students (in accordance with individual care plans where appropriate), attend care meetings, or other meetings concerned with welfare where required and support students' emotional, cultural and intellectual development
• Maintain detailed student records, with particular attention to the confidentiality, privacy and sensitivity of issues
• Manage student progress and participation data, ensuring that accurate, up-to-date information is available to House leaders and tutors as required
• Supervise standards of uniform and personal appearance of students of the House, liaising with tutors and/or parents as required - assist students with lost property etc
• Supervise students during non-timetabled time when present in the House area to ensure an orderly environment at all times including the attendance to Masses and assemblies
• Coordinate academic support for students who are struggling to complete work
• Provide individual attention and guidance to students of the House, as required
• Monitor standards of cleanliness, tidiness, presentation, good repair and maintenance within the House area, referring issues that arise to the site manager, Ignite or Scholastica as required
• Ensure that House displays are lively, engaging, informative, accurate and up-to-date
• Assist House leaders and tutors:
• - by following up on student absence and engaging parents fully in our mission for every student to achieve the highest possible attendance rates
• - in the management of student rewards
• - in prudent management of the House budget
• - by ensuring that students who are in danger of falling behind in any subject are swiftly identified and supported to catch-up
• - preparing letters, reports and other documents, as required, and, where necessary, photocopy these documents for distribution
• - in maintaining House discipline
• - in the inculcation of good manners and courtesy
• Provide first aid and attend appropriate training sessions as necessary
• Participate in the College appraisal programme for support staff
ADDITIONAL DUTIES
• Attend meetings in lieu of Extended Leadership
• Attend retreats with assigned house - day retreats and residential retreats
• Assist in the planning and induction of new students especially those who transfer after the beginning of the new academic year
• Be part of the duty rota for before College opens, lunch times and after College ends, Bus duty etc.
• Assist and co ordinate House/year group activities such as annual photo's, vaccinations etc.
• Collect students for lunch time detention
• Support the on-call system especially when there are staff shortages
• Support form tutors with fundraising activities - collect sponsor monies and ensure its delivered to finance
• Escorting and supporting vulnerable students when meeting outside agencies such as Youth in Mind, Barnardo's etc
• Contacting parents/carers on behalf of subject teachers providing feedback either praise or concerns.
• Assisting and supporting Olympia and Ecclesia staff with house days and events
• Assist and attend parents evenings - preparation, bookings, encourage engagement with distant parents, meet and greet
• Assist with internal and external examinations - supervise bag rooms
• First point of call for parents/carers for -
+ o Complaints + o Welfare issues/concerns + o Family issues/concerns + o Endeavor to resolve complex and conflicting issues before escalation to senior leaders + o Dealing with difficult and sometimes emotional parents who can often be angry and hostile + o Detention issues + o To coordinate the collection and distribution of pre-loved uniform to relevant House families Whilst every endeavour has been made to outline the main duties and responsibilities of the post, a document such as this does not permit every item to be specified in detail. Broad headings, therefore, may have been used, in which case all the usual associated routines are naturally included in the job profile