School Assistant Matron

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**_Job Title: _ PART TIME ASSISTANT MATRON**

**_Location: _ Abbeylands, Sherborne School**

**_Hours of Work: _** 18 hours per week as per the following rota:

- Tuesday 7am 12.30pm 5.5 hours
- Wednesday 7am 10.30am 3.5 hours
- Thursday 12pm 6pm 6 hours
- Saturday 9.30am 12.30pm 3 hours

Flexibility will be required on occasion to meet the demands of the post.

**_Holidays: _ **Will be able to take all Sherborne School annual holidays, except for one week before the start of the academic year and two days at the beginning of each term and two days at the end of each term.

**_Salary: _ **£10.50 per hour for hours worked Monday to Friday; £15.75 per hour for hours worked Saturday.

Actual salary will be £8,599.50 per annum, which includes payment for 37 working weeks and 5 weeks holiday.

**Summary of Main Duties **The primary role of the Assistant Matron is to support the happiness, welfare and well-being of the boys in the House. S/he will report directly to the Matron and/or Housemaster and will be a key point of contact for parents and other colleagues. The Assistant Matron, working on a part time basis, assists Matron in her role as well as covering the Matron’s day off. A Cleaning Team Supervisor, who will liaise closely with Matron and Assistant Matron, has overall responsibility for the House domestic team.

**Main Job Objective**

‘Responsible Person’ in the House in Matron’s absence and, in overall terms, assisting the House team with the care and support of pupils in the House in the following ways:
**1. Pastoral**

a. Being part of the daily routine of the House by assisting with both waking boys in the morning and settling them in the evening, where appropriate;
b. Communicate appropriately with parents, as and when necessary;
c. Be accessible and take an interest in all aspects of the lives of the boys, but not to be intrusive or force their confidences;
d. Be available for discussion with boys and emphasise that they can speak privately to you or a Doctor, or other person, by arrangement if they wish;
e. Report any withdrawn or unusual behaviour to the Housemaster and Matron;
f. Watch for and act upon homesickness and loneliness, especially with new boys;
g. Regularly meet with the Housemaster to discuss the welfare of the boys;
h. Involvement with social events within the House in support of the Housemaster and as per their instruction - including, at times, liaison with caterers, provision of supplies (chairs, cutlery, etc), arranging waitress cover and clearing away. Such social events within the House include, for example,Parents’ Evenings or House Suppers;
i. Managing the House in the absence of the Housemaster as required - for example, taking telephone calls, receiving parents, acting as the ‘adult presence’ in the House, acting as a fire marshal, reporting arising issues to the Housemaster.

**2. Medical**

(Medical experience/qualifications not required as the School is covered by a 24-hr fully staffed Health Centre.

Basic first aid training is required, but this can be provided by the School.)

a. To have set Surgery hours daily, and ensure boys know you will be in the Surgery at those times to deal with ailments;
b. Appropriate communication with the Health Centre staff regarding the ongoing medical treatment of the boys, after Doctor’s surgery, where necessary;
c. Ensure maintenance of appropriate health records as required. To ensure the following of medical procedures as required by the Health centre. To record medications on the school’s information management system (training will be given, if required);
d. Administer medicines and maintain medical cupboard;
e. To arrange and to escort boys to hospital and dental appointments as necessary;
f. To collect prescriptions, if appropriate;
g. To supervise and care for boys ill in the House, and give daily progress reports to Housemaster;
h. Do checks for Nits and Head Lice as appropriate;
i. To be familiar with and adhere to the School Doctors’ instructions regarding medical services;
**3. Domestic**

(to assist Matron and with close liaison with the Cleaning Team Supervisor)

a. To sort and administer the Laundry, adhering to policy from Central Services in the selection, operation and administration of the House laundry service.

b. Put out clean sheets and towels once a week and work to ensure boys change them;
c. To do House sewing and mending as required;
d. Sort, pair and wash dirty socks and pants regularly in House and put out for mending as necessary;
e. Check changing room and drying room for obvious dirty clothes, and wash any games kit or other urgently needed items that cannot be dealt with by laundry;
f. To assist with beginning and end of term arrangements, as required (eg sorting trunks, sorting, allocation and counting of linen);
g. To assist with end of term lists where appropriate;
h. To deal with the trunks and dry cleaning for boys living abroad;
i. To administer the