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Boarding Support Worker

Boarding Support Worker

Langley School

Norfolk

  • £18,635.40 pro rata
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Opportunity for CPD and development within the role, free meals and parking, EAP
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 February 2023

Job overview

As a Boarding Support Worker, you will be an integral part of the school's boarding staff team. The primary role is to provide quality care and pastoral support to our young people in the boarding houses. To be successful in this role, you will have the ability to build positive and nurturing relationships with young people, have a well organised and caring approach and be passionate about providing quality pastoral care. Experience of working with young people would be advantageous.


The Role

This is a term-time only (35 weeks per year), part-time role with a full-time equivalent salary of £18,635.40. This would be pro-rata to the amount of hours worked.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work closely with our students, undertaking duties in the boarding house on a rota basis with the other members of the boarding team. Duties will include a variety of daytime, evening and overnight shifts including weekends.
  • Work with the Boarding Management Team to ensure information and issues arising during your duties are correctly reported and followed up.
  • Assist the boarding team with administration tasks as required.
  • Work with the boarding management team to ensure the day to day running of the boarding house is efficient and homely.
  • Assist with student supervision over break and lunch times.
  • Provide "on call" cover for absent colleagues in the boarding environment.
  • Occupy your accommodation (for a minimum of five nights a week in line with your rota).
  • Assist in emergency evacuations in the boarding house, if the situation arises, as instructed by the duty manager.
  • Encourage our young people to engage in clubs/activities and societies.
  • Assist in the supervision and coordination of weekend boarder activities.
  • maintain good order, appearance and behaviour in the boarding house at meal times and throughout the college as a whole.
  • Promote Langley and the value of boarding at Open Days and other marketing events, when appropriate, in the evening.


Essential Skills

  • Ability to build positive and nurturing relationships with young people.
  • Confident in dealing with difficult situations and discussions with children with the ability to defuse situations to prevent escalation.
  • Ability to work as an effective and flexible part of a team.
  • Competence in enforcing rules and routines.
  • Effective line management and organisational skills.
  • Have a good rapport with young people and act as a positive role model to them.
  • The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and an awareness of the impact of your own communication with others.
  • Have the personality and presence required to carry out your duties effectively.
  • Be imaginative, articulate, adaptable and keen to make a difference.
  • Experience of working with young people would be advantageous, but is not essential.

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About Langley School

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+44 1508 520210

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Langley School is an HMC boarding and day school offering all through education to over 880 pupils aged 6 months to 18 years in Norfolk.

Set within two enviable countryside sites, these stunning green campus locations are a wonderful canvas which allow children space to breathe and grow – with the added advantage of being in close proximity to the vibrant city of Norwich and having nearby transport links to Cambridge, London, and Schiphol Airport (via Norwich Airport).

With an established legacy in providing first class inclusive education, Langley is an innovative, caring and stimulating place to work. It is our ambition to not only build the areas in which our strengths lie, but to lead the way as a forward-thinking and aspirational school.

Langley is a co-educational, inclusive, day and boarding school for ages 6 months to 18 years. We are fortunate to be set within two 100+ acre countryside sites: the Pre-Prep and Prep school are based in Taverham; the Senior and Sixth Form just outside Loddon. These green, stunning campus locations are a wonderful canvas that allows children space to breathe. The warmth and family feel to the school allows pupils to flourish at their own pace, while also being aspirational and forward-looking.

We aim to continue to raise academic standards by focusing on excellence in the quality of education that we provide. We are fully committed to creating the right learning environment – one that celebrates the individual and nurtures their interests.

Our curriculum is supported by the three strands: Creative (music, drama, art and design), Action (sport and outward bounds) and Service (community engagement and charity).  Focussing on Intellectual curiosity (STEM, Creative Arts, Debating, Languages), Community engagement (internal and external), and the Environment (utilising the benefits of the green campus from Forest School in the Prep to the outdoor classroom at the Senior site).

The character of the individual is central to the Langley education. Through the plethora of opportunities on offer, from CCF and sports teams, to UEA masterclasses and music soirées, our fantastic pupils are nurtured to be confident, curious and kind.

There is a full range of day and boarding options, from one night a week to the full experience. This also fits into the triumvirate of school, family and community, as the school week is busy and action packed, and the weekends are free for time in the home environment. There is elite sporting provision with the Langley football academy and the newly created netball academy. The class sizes of 16-18 pupils allow for learning and enrichment, taught by caring subject specialists.

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