Boarding Support Worker

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.