Year Manager

Humly North East; Amble; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Humly North East is seeking a Year Manager for a secondary school in Amble. The role focuses on safeguarding, pastoral support, and mentoring to raise pupil attainment and wellbeing.

You will act as Deputy DSL, attend safeguarding and attendance meetings, and oversee records, behaviour, and referrals. The post involves partnering with families and external services to promote inclusive practice and positive outcomes for all students.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and Designated Safeguarding Lead responsibilities.
• Ability to attend CIN/CP meetings and liaise with external agencies.
• Proven skills in mentoring and supporting pupils with diverse needs.

Responsibilities

• Act as Deputy DSL and liaise with LADO, police and other agencies to ensure safeguarding is meticulous.
• Attend CIN or CP meetings as required.
• Maintain accurate records for year group safeguarding, attendance and behaviour.
• Refer students to external agencies and complete necessary documentation.
• Identify pupils needing support and plan intervention strategies with senior staff.
• Monitor attendance improvements with the EWO and support pupils with behavioural needs.
• Provide individual support and mentoring for distressed pupils and those with SEND.
• Organise meetings with parents to discuss welfare and school policy.

Skills

Safeguarding

Pastoral support

Record keeping

Mentoring

Behaviour management

Communication with families

Job description

Role: Year Manager at a secondary school in Amble.

Support for Pupils

1. Act as Deputy DSL, and liaise with LADO, police and other external agencies to ensure safeguarding is rigorous and meticulous
2. Attend CIN or CP meetings as required.
3. Responsible for accurate record keeping for students in the year group on, including but not limited to, safeguarding, child protection, attendance and behaviour.
4. Responsible for referring students to appropriate outside agencies and completing the necessary documentation.
5. Having an overview of behaviour, to identify students who may need extra support (in liaison with Deputy Headteacher), plan and implement intervention strategies
6. Work with the EWO to monitor and raise attendance levels
7. Provide differentiated levels of individual support to pupils with behavioural issues, including those which special needs
8. Manage the supervision of pupils excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable
9. Assist with the development and implementation of individual Education/Behavioural/Support/Mentoring plans and behaviour management strategies.
10. Support the Assistant Headteacher and SENDCO in the assessment of pupils to determine those in need of particular help and support.
11. Arrange, develop, and conduct one to one mentoring with pupils and provide support for distressed pupils
12. Establish productive relationships with pupils, responding to the needs of each individual child, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
13. Provide information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning, behaviour and attendance.
14. To actively promote inclusive practice within the classroom setting to ensure acceptance of all children.
15. Encourage children to play and interact with one another in a positive manner.
16. Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
17. Support the challenge and motivation of pupils, promoting and reinforcing independence and self-esteem. This may require taking assemblies for designated Year Groups.
18. Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviours and attendance.
19. Attend to pupils’ personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, health and hygiene development.
20. To supervise and formally intervene with a small group of students within the school’s Inclusion Unit(IU)
21. To arrange meetings with parents in order to acquaint them with school policy or to discuss the welfare and general problems of any particular student.
22. To organise and oversee parental contracts in relation to behaviour and attendance as per policy and discuss further action where relevant with parents and CYPS.

Support for the Teacher

1. Support teachers with any safeguarding issues that are identified.
2. Carry out on-call duty as required to assist in managing behaviour by supporting teaching colleagues as required and facilitate restorative conversations to overcome potential lost teaching and learning time.
3. To support Form Tutors on a day to day basis by providing guidance on attendance, behaviour, and standards.
4. To ensure that school standards are adhered to, monitoring for inconsistencies, and support the school in striving for consistency between all colleagues.
5. As required, lead year team meetings and action any responses from those where appropriate.
6. Manage liaison with feeder schools and other relevant bodies to gather pupil information
7. Manage the maintenance of pupils’ records and accurately record achievement in relation to improvements in behaviour and successful interventions.
8. Support the leadership team with the management of pupil behaviour.
9. Prepare and use specialist equipment, plans and resources to support pupils improvement in behaviour.
10. Establish constructive relationships with parents and carers, arranging home visits to support where necessary and participating in feedback sessions as directed.
11. Take a lead role in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to pupil behaviour and reintegration.
12. Provide administrative support to the Head of Behaviour and Pastoral in the preparation of reports on pupils including:
    • a. Dealing with correspondence
    • b. Analysis of behaviour and attendance data including associated intervention to overcome barriers to learning
    • c. Compilation of data
    • d. Making telephone calls

Support for the Curriculum

1. Help pupils access learning activities through specialist support.
2. Monitor the efficacy and consistency of activities associated with Tutor Curriculum Time.

Support for the School

1. Comply with all school policies and contribute to the development of policy relating to:
   • a. Health and Safety
   • b. Equal Opportunities
   • c. Child Protection and Safeguarding
   • d. Confidentiality and data protection
   • e. Behaviour for learning
2. Work in such a way as to promote the ethos and vision of the school. This includes, but not is not limited to, being a high profile presence around the school, consistently delivering the school behaviour, attendance, punctuality. and uniform policies in relation to all students.
3. To support Directorates in their detention supervision.
4. To supervise the orderly entry and exit of the students each day.
5. Prepare reports and references including confidential reports where needed, for example for social services, the education psychology team, reports for relevant meetings, including core groups and strategy meetings.
6. To work with families to engage with parents to promote early intervention and identify need, such as barriers to good attendance such as financial constraints. This may also require making home visits.
7. Participate in training and development, and activities that contribute to the management of performance.
8. Assist with the management of pupils outside the classroom e.g. lunch times and outside the school as directed by the class teacher and members of the school’s management team.
9. Attend, participate and, if appropriate, chair regular meetings including readmission meetings, in liaison with the Deputy Headteacher
10. Take the initiative, as appropriate, in developing multi agency contacts to support the learning and development of children. For example, attending Early Help meetings and acting as Lead Professional in TAF meetings when necessary.
11. Communicate effectively with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the Head of Behaviour and Pastoral, to support achievements and progress of pupils.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You are therefore under a duty to use the school’s procedures to report any concerns you may have regarding the safety or well-being of any child or young person.

The duties and responsibilities highlighted in this Job Description are indicative and may vary over time. Post holders are expected to undertake other duties and responsibilities relevant to the nature, level and extent of the post and the grade has been established on this basis