Key Worker

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**School Name:
**Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy, Swanley

**Job Title:
**Key Worker

**Reports To**:Residential Cluster Leads/ Team Leaders for the designated group/area

**Hours **36 hours a week, over 39 weeks a year.
- Parkwood Hall is a residential and day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe
- learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are
- passionate about creating a culture of wellbeing where all staff and pupils are valued and supported
- so that we can all ‘grow, learn and flourish.’
- Parkwood Hall aims to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which
- challenges students to achieve success. The core learning values, which are at the centre of the
- curriculum, focus upon developing the student’s resilience and ability to make informed life choices.
- **Job purpose**:

- To support and develop the waking day educational environment for students, to include extending
- their curriculum skills, social skills, life and independent skills and personal development.- To provide a safe environment, emotionally and physically, for the students within the guidelines

and procedures of Parkwood Hall School.

**Key responsibilities**:

- To foster a sound multi-disciplinary approach through good communication both internally and
- externally.- To facilitate and support the students’ health and medical needs to include dietary requirements.
- To maintain a caseload and to act as a personal tutor: formulating, implementing and evaluating

residential education planning. Compiling reports and contributing to review meetings.- To have a sound knowledge of Parkwood Hall’s safeguarding policy and procedure. To be aware

of the signs and symptoms of abuse and report any suspicions including malpractice.- To be a good role model setting an example to the students.
- To provide a safe environment: emotionally and physically which will require the need to monitor

the behaviour of others.- To promote those activities that meet the needs of the young people at Parkwood Hall.
- To take a full part in supervision sessions and performance management reviews.
- To facilitate and support the students’ health and medical needs to include dietary requirements.
- To work with colleagues on the development of the physical resources in the residential education

provision to provide a stimulating environment for the student.- To be involved in rota duties, e.g. sleeping in and school visits as required by the Principal, Deputy

Principal or Assistant Principal (residential education).- To actively encourage, support and develop students’ individual social, life and independence skills

as part of the extended curriculum at the school as set out in the residential education policy.- To maintain effective records for the students within your care.

**General responsibilities**:

- To ensure that items of concern relating to Health and Safety are reported as per the current
- procedures and policies.- To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of Parkwood Hall School. The nature of the working

environment entrusts people with confidential information. Any breach of this confidentiality will
- constitute gross misconduct.- To co-operate with all Parkwood Hall School staff in maintaining good relationships with outside

agencies and the general public in order to promote and uphold the school’s image.- To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested

by the Principal, Deputy Principal or Head of Residential Education/Assistant Principal or Residential
- Cluster Leads.- This job description reflects the current requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities
- with the postholder.- To line manage support assistants within the residential team.

**Competencies**:

- To have a sound knowledge of children’s rights and to be able to advocate for the students if
- necessary.- To have an understanding of, and the ability to foster, positive relationships with children with

special needs in order to support individual students enhance their learning and social development.- To be able to work as a member of a team and have a good understanding of the role of a Key

Worker, working under the direction of the Team Leaders and Residential Cluster Leads, displaying
- flexibility, enthusiasm and a positive caring attitude.- To work within and maintain an anti-discriminatory framework.
- To make a positive contribution to residential education practice.
- To have a knowledge and understanding of whole school policies, procedures and standards and

to be willing and able to implement them in a consistent manner.- To demonstrate, or show an ability to develop effective communication skills in written or oral form.
- To competently carry out instructions and procedures as directed by Residential Cluster Leads and

Team Leaders.- To have the ability to initiate and create