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Assistant House Parent

1 month ago

Wimborne, United Kingdom Summer Boarding Courses Full time

**About The Role**:
**Contract Dates**

04/07/2023 - 14/08/2023

**Role Summary**

SBC Assistant House Parents take an integral role in the pastoral care of students, supporting House Parents with the day-to-day running of boarding houses and the safety and welfare of the students within them. It is vital that they present the flexibility, enthusiasm and communication skills necessary for a role working closely with many members of staff and students.

Main Duties:

- Working across boarding houses to support, supervise and account for all students through the daily routine
- Promote the positive welfare & wellbeing of all students:

- Work with all staff to develop strong house identities and ethos incorporating values of respect, tolerance, comradery and community
- Help to plan and deliver in-house activity nights for the students in your houses, supported by the other staff in your team
- Take a key role during arrival and departure days to include:

- Attend pre-course House Parent training & complete a First Aid course (arranged by SBC) to act as a school First Aider
- Be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students in your care
- Adhere to all Health and Safety measures (including COVID safety measures, risk assessments and other policies and procedures)
- Help with student transfers to and from the airport for any arrivals and departures
- Be on call/overnight duty up to 6 times per week

Please consider the attached Job Descriptions for our **Assistant** **House Parent **position for a more extensive list of the responsibilities of an Assistant House Parent at one of our sites.

We also have Assistant House Parent roles available at our other Summer School sites

Headington 11/07/2023 - 21/08/2023
- (Shorter contracts may be possible)_

**About You**:
All members of staff employed by SBC will be expected to bring certain key qualities to the operation. There must be a professional interest in working with young people and particularly international children. Safety and welfare of the students is of paramount importance at SBC and a practical enforcing of this belief should be a quality exhibited by all staff.

We look for staff who are:

- Approachable & empathic to the needs of students
- Enthusiastic & engaging
- Diplomatic, responsible & motivated
- Flexible within the summer school environment
- Although Assistant House Parents are not required to teach the English language lessons, we do expect them to be able to communicate effectively with our students, using an appropriate level of language to suit the group. Assistant _House Parents_ must demonstrate patience, empathy and an emotional awareness towards students both individually and in within a group setting. We expect Assistant _House Parents_ to take control of students and to manage discipline and behavioural issues in a firm, positive and constructive manner._

**Experience Required**

**Essential**
- Experience working with children in a professional & residential capacity
- Strong communication skills, ability to work under pressure, flexibility
- Ability to take control of & lead a group of children on activities & during excursions
- Strong organisational skills

**Desirable**
- Experience of residential international summer schools
- Experience of the UK boarding environment
- Experience of working within the education sector

**About Us**:
Since 2009, SBC International (SBC) has welcomed Young Learners, aged between 8 and 17 years old, from **151 different countries** to study our courses in some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the UK, including Eton College and Oxford University.

SBC is committed to providing our students with an exceptional experience. To create the global citizens of tomorrow, we guarantee a truly multinational learning environment which encourages cross-cultural learning, collaboration and friendship.

SBC is the first, and currently only, summer school provider in the UK to have achieved a perfect 15 Areas of Strength in a British Council inspection. In the EL Gazette ranking tables for UK Junior Courses, SBC has been ranked Number 1 in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. We are very proud of this achievement and will continue to grow and develop our courses to offer students extraordinary experiences.

Whilst international travel restrictions have been in place, we have worked closely with a number of boarding schools to provide holiday courses for their students who have been unable to return home. We look forward to utilising this experience to provide a safe, secure, and enjoyable experience for all of our students and staff in the coming year.

**Ways we support our House Parents**:

- Fully paid DBS check
- Paid attendance of a recognised First Aid Qualification course
- Extensive, paid, on-site training prior to student arrival
- All meals and accommodation included
- CPD and Appraisals
- Staff Wellbeing Initiative
- Online safeguarding and working with international children trainin

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