Assistant Head of House

**Assistant Head of House**

Basic Purpose of the Job

To manage the House during the School 'day’ ensuring that pupils are safe, secure and supported through proactive pastoral care, effective supervision of pupils and behaviour and efficient communication, organisation and administration of all House routinesand regulatory requirements as outlined in the Boarding Handbook.

In addition to the Assistant Head of House (and Relief) the resident House team will consist of a Head of House, a Deputy Head of House and a Boarding Assistant or Resident Tutor.

**Assistant Head of House’s main responsibilities**

Safeguarding

Demonstrate the highest levels of commitment and compliance to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

**Proactive Pastoral Care**

Proactive pastoral care is based on supportive relationships with pupils built on clear structures and routines, well-understood boundaries and expectations as well as relentless patience and (almost) boundless good humour. It is also based on carefullylistening to and respecting their point of view, even when we may not be able to go along with their ideas. The most important part of this role is to be genuinely interested in, and enjoy talking to around 65 adolescents every single day

**Effective Supervision of Pupil and Behaviour**

This is achieved through a combination of visibility and a certain amount of unpredictability Working from the ground floor House office, but not being tied to it; popping along corridors and to rooms to catch a pupil for a conversation regularly so thatpupils 'expect’ you to be about, all helps create a positive less risk-prone environment.

**Communication, Organisation and Administration**

Keeping track of around 65 pupils and ensuring their parents and guardians fill out all the necessary paperwork as and when needed is quite a challenge. Even more so as much of the information we have to collect is a regulatory requirement. On the otherhand it can be just as hard to collect each pupil’s mufti donation or to get them to an apportionment at the HHC on time

**Relevant Experience and Skills for Assistant Head of House**

ESSENTIAL
- A desire to look after and support teenagers as they grow and develop into thoughtful and considerate young adults.
- A warm, empathetic and welcoming manner and the ability to develop positive, supportive relationships with the young people in your care.
- Successful experience in a role requiring supportive relationships and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- IT literate and confident, with a good knowledge of MS Office and the ability to learn other systems used in running a House/School e.g. ISAMS, CPOMS etc.
- The ability to work flexibly and independently balancing differing and sometimes conflicting priorities.
- An instinct for recognizing the difference between important and urgent.
- The ability to remain calm in a real crisis but also to keep a sense of perspective.
- A positive, 'can-do’ attitude and an open mind.
- Excellent all round communication skills, including tact and diplomacy.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- The confidence to deal calmly and professionally with challenging conversations.
- Good with data and numbers.
- Persistence, patience and a good sense of humour because adolescents will sometimes get things wrong, repeatedly.
- Discretion and the ability to work in an environment requiring high levels of confidentiality.
- Able to climb stairs, and walk extensively around the boarding house as required for the job. A full, clean driving licence and a car that can be used for work purposes when required.

DESIRABLE
- Previous experience working with young people/adolescents.
- Experience of/training in First Aid.

**Term Time Working**

This is a non-residential role, predominantly term-time, plus:

- the week before and after the start and finish of the school year
- three days in the full weeks before and after the start and finish all other terms (to allow for the usual day-off arrangements where needed)
- attendance at other essential training during holiday periods by prior arrangement.

Usual hours of work will be 08.00 to 18.00 with one-hour break time (flexible around the rota) four days a week, plus alternate Saturdays. In addition, the job holder would be expected to be present for some special House and School events on weekends duringthe course of the year.

There are approximately 21 working weekends per annum so this requirement is likely to be in the region of 14 weekend days per year, mostly Saturdays.

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All successful job applicants will be required to undertake a Criminal Record check and to undergo child protection screening.