Pastoral Activity Leader Job at Summer Boarding Courses
Summer Boarding Courses Winchester SO21
About The Role
Contract Dates
11/07/2023 - 12/08/2023
Main Duties:
- Working across boarding houses to support, supervise and account for all students through the daily routine to include:
- Promote the positive welfare & wellbeing of all students:
- Work with all staff to develop strong house identities and ethos incorporating values of respect, tolerance, comradery and community
- Help to plan and deliver morning, afternoon or evening activities
- Support with laundry and bed changes and ensure houses are kept safe and clean
- Attend daily meetings with Social & Welfare Managers
- Take a key role during arrival and departure days
- Attend pre-course training
- Be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students in your care
- Adhere to all Health and Safety measures (including COVID safety measures, risk assessments and other policies and procedures)
- Help with student transfers to and from the airport for any arrivals and departures
- Be on call/overnight duty up to 3 times per week
- Deliver a morning energiser activity & afternoon wrap-up activity, with focus on integration and team building between international students and local British children attending camp
- Deliver whole school evening activity sessions
- Empower students to successfully engage in the programme while helping develop independence, confidence and social skills
- Lead a group of students on a minimum of one excursion per week
- Help ensure that the students do not breach the rules of the school
- Engage with the students at all times, in a friendly but professional manner
- As with all residential work, be able to show a large degree of flexibility
- Assist at any time, whether on duty or not, with an emergency situation
- Provide feedback on your experiences during & also at the end of summer
Ways we support our House Teams:
- Fully paid DBS check
- Paid attendance of a recognised First Aid Qualification course
- Extensive, paid, on-site training prior to student arrival
- All meals and accommodation included
- CPD and Appraisals
- Staff Wellbeing Programme
- Continual support for all staff from the Head Office Team, both on the ground and via phone/email
- Online safeguarding and working with international children training
- Professional, fun and supportive environment
About You
All members of staff employed by SBC will be expected to bring certain key qualities to the operation. There must be a professional interest in working with young people and particularly international children. Safety and welfare of the students is of paramount importance at SBC and a practical enforcing of this belief should be a quality exhibited by all staff.
We look for staff who are:
- Approachable & empathic to the needs of students
- Enthusiastic & engaging
- Diplomatic, responsible & motivated
- Flexible within the summer school environment
Although Pastoral Activity Leaders are not required to teach the English language lessons, we do expect them to be able to communicate effectively with our students, using an appropriate level of language to suit the group. Pastoral Activity Leaders must demonstrate patience, empathy and an emotional awareness towards students both individually and in within a group setting. We expect Pastoral Activity Leaders to take control of students and to manage discipline and behavioural issues in a firm, positive and constructive manner.
Essential
- Experience working with children in a professional capacity
- Experience of, and genuine enjoyment of working with children
- Strong communication skills, ability to work under pressure, flexibility
- Ability to take control of and lead a group of children on activities and during excursions
- Strong organisational skills
- Experience of residential international summer schools
- Experience of the UK boarding environment
- Experience of working within the education sector
About Us
Since 2008, Summer Boarding Courses (SBC) has welcomed Young Learners, aged between 8 and 17 years old, from 151 different countries to study our courses in some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the UK, including Eton College and Oxford University.SBC is committed to providing our students with an exceptional experience. To create the global citizens of tomorrow, we guarantee a truly multinational learning environment which encourages cross-cultural learning, collaboration and friendship.
SBC is the first, and currently only, summer school provider in the UK to have achieved a perfect 15 Areas of Strength in a British Council inspection. In the EL Gazette ranking tables for UK Junior Courses, SBC has been ranked Number 1 in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. We are very proud of this achievement and will continue to grow and develop our courses to offer students extraordinary experiences.
As a small and growing office we are expanding year on year and where possible we aim to recruit from our short term summer staff before seeking external candidates. A large percentage of our Head Office staff worked at our summer sites before joining us for their full-time careers. As a part of Dukes Education we also have links to many other schools which occasionally offer up employment opportunities to our staff.
Whilst international travel restrictions have been in place, we have worked closely with a number of boarding schools to provide holiday courses for their students who have been unable to return home. We look forward to utilising this experience to provide a safe, secure, and enjoyable experience for all of our students and staff in the coming year.
SBC SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Summer Boarding Courses is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a comprehensive Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which all employees, volunteers and contractors are expected to adhere to.
SBC EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT
We operate a policy of equal opportunities and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.
- Please note that given the short-term nature of these contracts at SBC and the duty of care we have to our students, holiday will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances and must be requested at least one month prior to taking leave. At the end of your contract, you will receive a payment for any holiday you are owed. If you take any holiday during your contract, then this will be deducted from your holiday allowance.
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