Main Duties / Responsibilities: 

The post holder will: - 

• Take a leading role with the implementation of SMSJ’s Commitment to Learning policy
• Work directly with students, provide mentoring and/or pastoral support to overcome particular obstacles to learning in relation to pastoral, behaviour or attendance issues by running intervention provisions in school
• Take an operational lead on the implementation and maintenance of the school’s Commitment to Learning policy with students who need extra support
• Manage the supervision of students not working to their usual lesson timetable, either in the Reflection Room or in small groups or one to one
• Provide support and advice to students to promote their social skills, emotional wellbeing and personal development
• Liaise with teaching staff to provide particular support to targeted students to raise achievement and attendance and help them to overcome barriers to learning
• Work with the pastoral and inclusion team to provide input to the identification of needs, assessing those students needing extra support and the development of individual action plans for targeted students
• Following internal exclusions and suspensions work with targeted students to implement Pastoral Support Plans and ensure staff and students are ready for their return to lessons with strategies to ensure they are polite, hardworking and honest. Support restorative conversations between staff and students
• Assist in maintaining contact with students’ families/carers to inform them of progress, successes and concerns
• Provide extra support to students through knowledge of a range of activities and opportunities available
• Collate information and maintain records of student behaviour and progress using the MIS system, Classcharts and My Concern.  
• Suspensions * Once notified of a fixed term suspension by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), prepare suspension pack and send relevant documentation to parents, including updating                                    documents on MIS/attendance Organise work request for students on suspension

                                            *Book reintegration meeting with staff, parents and student 

                                            *Notify the exclusions team at London Borough of Barnet

• Monitor and collate data on behaviour incidents, uniform and punctuality, including detentions, and produce reports to support decisions around suspensions and permanent exclusions
• Impact analysis on behaviour incidents, uniform and punctuality, including detentions, and suspensions

Support for the School 

• To undertake break and lunchtime duties 
• Engage actively in ongoing professional development, including training in de-escalation, restorative approaches, trauma-informed practice and safeguarding 
• To work within SMSJ policies and procedures 
• To contribute to the provision of an effective environment for learning 
• To support and encourage SMSJ’s ethos and its objectives, policies and procedures 
• To uphold SMSJ’s policy in respect of child protection and safeguarding matters 
• Undertake any other duties reasonably requested by SLT 
• Such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and its level of responsibility 

Promotion of Corporate Values: 

To ensure that customer care is maintained to the agreed standards according to the school’s values. To ensure that a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of work. 

Flexibility: 

The successful candidate may be required to carry out other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade, as requested by the line manager or the Co-Principals.