Student Conduct Lead in Nottingham

To manage the running of the student conduct systems ensuring that:

• The Behaviour Assistant is deployed effectively within the ILU, detention sessions and reintegration activities.
• The detention and consequences framework is administered consistently, accurately and in line with the academy's behaviour policy.
• Staff within the conduct team are on task and working effectively within their roles.
• Return to work interviews are undertaken for the Behaviour Assistant following absence.
• Absence within the conduct team is managed proactively and the impact on students and colleagues is minimised to ensure continuity of the consequences system.
• Contribution is made to strategy discussions, pastoral reviews and interagency meetings to inform the assessment and support of students with complex behaviour profiles.
• Behaviour data is maintained accurately and ILU placements are reviewed regularly, ensuring no student remains without a named purpose and a clear reintegration plan.
• Up-to-date knowledge is maintained of behaviour legislation, suspension and exclusion guidance, and safeguarding requirements including Keeping Children Safe in Education.
• Ensure that students placed in the ILU or on the conduct caseload receive support that is purposeful, proportionate and focused on reintegration into mainstream learning.
• Direct and support structured activities with individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety, social and emotional wellbeing and to contribute to their re-engagement with academy life.
• Work with Year Leaders and other stakeholders to identify students who require additional conduct support and agree appropriate referral and escalation pathways.
• Establish and maintain positive, professional and boundaried working relationships with individual students and groups, particularly those who are most disengaged or resistant.
• Develop and promote strategies that build students' self-regulation, resilience and understanding of the impact of their behaviour on themselves and others.
• Support students as directed during formal academy processes, including structured reintegration meetings following periods of suspension.
• Plan, deliver and delegate where appropriate structured programmes of behavioural support and intervention during allocated periods of the academy day.
• Assume responsibility for designated pastoral key work with students experiencing sustained or complex behavioural difficulty.
• Develop and maintain individual reintegration plans for students accessing the ILU, reviewed regularly in partnership with Year Leaders.
• Plan and support 1:1 and group sessions designed to address specific behavioural barriers and rebuild students' engagement with academy life.
• Be responsible for the collation and analysis of behaviour data for targeted students, identifying patterns and sharing findings with Year Leaders and the AP for Behaviour.
• Use behaviour data and assessment information to inform teaching staff of individual students' known triggers, effective strategies and current support arrangements.
• Gather information about named students and their current behavioural profile for teaching and support staff.
• Observe and assess individual students' behavioural needs and provide regular feedback and guidance to relevant teachers and form tutors.
• Facilitate restorative meetings when needed to repair relationships between students, and between students and staff, following incidents.
• Take responsibility for ensuring students placed in the ILU complete structured academic work set by subject teachers, maintaining continuity of curriculum access during periods of withdrawal.
• Use specialist knowledge, experience and training to provide support to staff and individual students, particularly those presenting with complex behaviour, SEMH need or exclusion risk.
• Liaise and report to, as necessary, during visits by support agencies involved in the behavioural or pastoral support of students, including the Educational Psychologist, CAMHS and Inclusive Education Service.
• Assess, record and report on student behaviour, engagement and progress through the academy's assessment and provision mapping procedures.