Pupil Coach

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is seeking a inspiring and enthusiastic pupil coach to join our team. 7.25 hours on one day(Friday) per fortnight.

Holsworthy Community College is a small academy set in rural Devon whose values are based on unity, compassion and friendship. As one of the founding members of the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, we live the cooperative values that the Trust holds at its heart.

Our Trust comprises of 19 schools, 3 Colleges, 15 Primaries, and one All Through SEMH Special school. Established in 2018, We are situated in beautiful Devon on the out the outskirts of the stunning Dartmoor National Park. The schools vary in size and are all unique. Our schools are a large part of their local communities, and we value those relationships with families and locals.

The Trust was created to enable schools and staff to work closely together in providing the best education possible for our children. We achieve this through meaningful collaboration both within our schools and beyond our Trust to ensure schools are able to secure and sustain improvement.

Our work is built on our shared values and an unwavering belief that education improves the life chances for the children in our care. We aim for everyone in our organisation, staff and children, to be the best they can be and are relentless in our ambition to achieve this. We want our children to look back on their school experience with a sense of achievement and joy and we provide a wealth of additional curriculum experiences to enrich their learning.

We care deeply about the children in our schools and work with kindness, compassion, manners and respect. By modelling and expecting these behaviours from our children, we aim to grow future citizens who will positively contribute to society, creating a brighter future for our world.

Our vision and values are what we build our schools upon, with Ambition, Co-operation & Transformation being at the heart.

As an established Trust, DMAT can offer a wide range of benefits for our employees:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Access to Discounts
• CPD opportunities
• Extensive Health & Wellbeing Package
• Long Service Days
• On site Parking – In some locations
• Excellent Training Package
• Employee Recognition Scheme

Why choose DMAT?

DMAT are an inclusive and forward-looking trust, who seek to nurture our children and employees to be the best they can be.

Core Purpose:

The core purpose of the role is working with our students and providing an additional layer of pastoral support. This support will include matters relating to behaviour, attendance and safeguarding. It is desirable that candidates have experience of working with young people, but more importantly have effective interpersonal and communication skills to support the welfare and wellbeing of young people. Candidates should be able to work well under pressure and know how to prioritise tasks and manage their own workload.

• Contribute to the values and beliefs of the school and the Trust.
• Consistently role-model and uphold a relational approach and hold colleagues to high standards in their own practice.
• Act as a powerful advocate for young people in the school and in the wider community.
• Share and embed trauma and relational practice across the school through modelling, coaching and training.
• Build deep contextual understanding of young people and use the knowledge to inform approaches and relationships.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The post holder will be responsible in the first instance to the Assistant Principal, but overseen and responsible to the Principal.

• To work under the guidance of Assistant Principal and the Heads of House.
• To work as part of the On-call and Triage team to deal with incidents, resulting in a positive learning outcome, of poor behaviour, bullying, problems associated with relationships between pupils and the breaking of the Schools Behaviour Policy.
• To work alongside the safeguarding team and update CPOMs as required.
• To log incidents as required using Arbor and ClassCharts.
• To liaise with tutors, heads of House, data administrator, attendance officer, educational welfare inclusion lead, PCSOs, nurses and counsellors.
• To monitor students\’ progress especially identified \”vulnerable groups\” (e.g. free school meals and children in care) with respect to their behaviour through a range of strategies.
• To establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, facilitating support for their child\’s attendance, access and learning and supporting home to school through a positive partnership.
• To be on duty before and after school, break time and lunchtime.
• To support and work as a team with the other pupil coaches and deal with incidents as they occur.
• Provide clerical/administration support e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation, analysis, rewards and sanctions, exclusions, making phone calls to families and writing reports.
• Be part of the Level 3 safeguarding team and support students and parents as required.
• Support the multi-agency approach with administrative support e.g. completion of \’Rights for Children\’ and other documentation as required.
• Participating in training and other learning activities as required.
• Implementing systems for monitoring, evaluation, behaviour, written and ICT.
• To attend meetings as per the annual calendar.
• To be involved in the tutor program.
• To be the first \’port of call\’ for vulnerable groups, during break time and lunchtimes.
• To fully \’induct\’ new pupils to the year group.
• To meet as a team regularly to ensure consistency of approach.
• To deliver pupil centred interventions either 1:1 or small groups as required/ appropriate.

Variation in the Role:

Given the dynamic nature of the role and the structure HCC it must be accepted that as the school develops and changes there will be a need for adjustments to the role and responsibilities of the post. The duties specified above are therefore not to be regarded as either exclusive or exhaustive.

Job Outline and Person Specification

Education and Training

GCSE Grade C or above including Maths and English, or equivalent qualification – Essential

Four GCSEs (or equivalent qualification) – Desirable

Experience

Working with young people or in teams to support the development of others – Essential

Experience of working with young people – Desirable

Experience with education or youth work – Desirable

Knowledge

Proficient user of Microsoft applications, e.g. Word, Excel and Database – Essential

Knowledge of Arbor Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures – Desirable

Skills/Abilities

To work well within a team and have the ability to work alone – Essential

Ability to relate to young people, parents and carers in an empathic manner – Essential

Ability to deal with sensitive issues with confidence and professionalism – Essential

Ability to prioritise own workload – Essential

Excellent communication skills including face to face, telephone and in writing – Essential

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS).

\’This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order and This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered \’protected\’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into