The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Pupil Support Assistant to join our dedicated team in the ARC at Dean Trust Ardwick.
The core purpose of the role will be to provide outstanding pastoral and holistic support for pupils.
Key responsibilities:
- Promote and support a purposeful climate for learning within the ARC to ensure optimal curriculum delivery and enable gaps in learning to be addressed.
- Conduct mentoring conversations with pupils regarding meeting their individual targets pertaining to their behaviour and conduct.
- Promote positive and respectful relationships within Internal Suspension & the ARC, and a safe and orderly environment
- Insist on the highest standards of behaviour and attitudes to learning within Internal Suspension & the ARC.
- Hold pupils to account for their behaviour, attitude and learning within Internal Suspension & the ARC.
- Responsible for the physical appearance and use of the Internal Suspension area & the ARC so that it is neat, tidy, purposeful and supportive of whole school systems and approaches
- Deliver Internal Suspension Provision, which is the school’s highest sanction before external suspension
- Ensure that, as far as possible, pupils in Internal Suspension continue to complete work that aligns with the mainstream curriculum offer so that pupils are not disadvantaged by being removed from normal lessons
- Liaise with faculties to ensure that pupils have easy access to work that aligns with subject curriculums
- Develop and maintain systems for monitoring and tracking pupils’ attitudes, behaviour and learning whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC.
- Communicate effectively with the parents and carers of all pupils placed in Internal Suspension & the ARC., so they are aware of their child’s behaviour, attitude and learning whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC and what the next steps are
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of systems for monitoring and tracking patterns in the use of Internal Suspension as a sanction
- Manage the effective and appropriate use of ICT to support pupils’ learning
- Work with members of the Inclusion Faculty and the Internal Alternative Provision team to ensure that reasonable adjustments are made, where appropriate, to meet pupils’ individual needs whilst in Internal Suspension & the ARC.
- Implement, facilitate and deliver a range of restorative and reflective practices to support pupils’ reintegration following a period in Internal Suspension or & the ARC.
- Communicate any key information that might support different pupil’s needs being met to the following teams: Inclusion, Welfare, Academic, Pastoral
- To complete any further tasks that are typically undertaken by Pupil Support Assistants at the request of the Lead Pupil Support Manager or the Head of ARC.
For more information about the role please contact us on 01619 722988 or email emmahurworth@deantrustardwick.co.uk.
Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.