Youth Worker & Student Behaviour Marshall

YOUTH WORKER & STUDENT BEHAVIOUR MARSHALL

SCALE: APT&C Scale 4 Point 7-10. Actual salary £24,899-£25,989.

HOURS & PAY: 35 hours per week. Term time only. Hours of work will be on a rota basis covering the hours of 8.30 am – 4pm each day.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 3rd January 2025

RESPONSIBLE TO: Associate Assistant Vice Principal Inclusion

PURPOSE OF JOB:

As part of the school’s Behaviour & Attitudes team, this role will involve working as a youth worker to support students as well as being part of the Student Behaviour Marshall team. They will report to the Assistant Vice Principal Inclusion but are part of a wider Behaviour & Attitudes team overseeing our 2,600 students. You will work throughout the day on a rota depending on our needs.

·        As a youth worker you will work directly with students exhibiting challenging behaviour, helping them develop resilience, self-control, and positive attitudes. Your focus will be on building trusting relationships, guiding them towards better choices, and supporting their social and academic progress.

·        As part of the Student Behaviour Marshall (known as ‘Redcoats’) team, you will support the smooth running of the school by supervising and directing students in and about the school during the day. After school supervision includes patrolling our local community and escorting students from different sites.  

This role requires previous experience of working with young people aged 11-18. This may have been in a secondary educational environment, sports coaching, youth work etc.

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·        Provide one-on-one and group support for students, promoting positive behaviour

·        Collaborate with the Inclusion team to develop personalised behaviour strategies

·        Act as a mentor, helping students build confidence and achieve personal growth

·         Foster a safe and encouraging environment where students feel valued and understood

·        Assisting and directing students as required. Dealing with incidents of inappropriate behaviour and intervening quickly where possible to prevent further incidents.

·        Proactively challenging incorrect uniform at all times.

·        Monitoring the security of the students, staff and school, reporting any concerns immediately.

·        Providing in a timely manner a written account where the Student Behaviour Marshall has been a witness or involved in incidents

·        Directing students during transitions to move immediately to lessons or off site

·        Oversight of allocated year group during breaks, reporting any concerns to relevant Head of Year

·        Act as Fire and Lockdown Marshalls when required

·        Patrolling the local community

·        Single patrol in their designated area except the lunch queues and patrolling the local community

·        Implementing the School Policies on Equal Opportunities, Anti-Bullying, Child Protection and Behaviour and reporting any concerns to line manager

·        Adhere to the school’s Professional Conduct Strategy

·        Undertaking any other responsibilities which may be reasonably directed by Senior Leaders

We expect our staff to:

·        Always expect the best from students

·        Make it clear to students what is expected from them

·        Reward and praise students when they do the ‘right’ thing

·        Value students' efforts and achievements

·        Make time to get to know individual students

·        Avoid personalising individual behaviour problems – be hard on the incidents but caring towards the pupil

·        Treat difficulties as an issue between you and the students, not just them!

·        Be prepared to change what you do, to change pupil behaviour

·        Be loyal to the students and staff at the school

·        Always report in writing incidents that occur during the day

·        Always make your Line Manager aware of any problems that may escalate into an incident, giving them the opportunity to defuse the situation.

The school is committed to the ongoing professional development of our staff so will provide relevant training courses for the successful candidate.

REVIEW ARRANGEMENTS

The details contained in this job description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. It should be remembered, however, that over time the nature of individual jobs will change, existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the duties or the level of the responsibility entailed. Consequently, the school will expect to revise the job description from time to time and will consult with the post holder at the appropriate time.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the written statement of conditions of employment (The contract). The post holder is required to support and encourage the school’s ethos and its objectives, policies and procedures as agreed by the governing body:

·        To uphold the school’s policy in respect of child protection matters

·        Will be subject to the National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service, supplemented by local conditions as appropriate and all relevant statutory and institutional requirements

·        The post holder may be required to perform any other reasonable tasks after consultation

·        This Job Description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on carrying them out and no part of it may be so constructed

·        This Job Description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post. It may be subject to modification at any time after consultation with the post holder

·        All staff will be expected to participate in the school’s performance management scheme.