Cover Supervisor
Job Type: Full time, Term Time only
Location: Farnham, Surrey
Salary: Pay scale WA5-14-20 (FTE £24,580 - £28,569pa) (Actual £22,023 - £25,598pa)
The Role
The Cover Supervisor will:
- Supervise classes as required across a range of subjects
- Communicate the work set by the class teacher to the students and assist students to complete this work
- To register the attendance of the class
- Manage the class to ensure the work is completed to a high standard and classroom behaviour is as expected
- Oversee the collection of books and equipment at the end of the lesson and return them to the appropriate place
- Ensure the students leave the classroom in good order
- Use the school's reward and behaviour policies as appropriate
- Update the class teacher regarding the work that has been completed
- Support the work of staff by providing admin and in class support when not required for cover
Key Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with teachers, staff members and other professional agencies to provide effective support.
- Awareness of and work within school policies and procedures.
- Work with children and young people with a range of significant and often complex needs and provide an appropriate level of emotional and physical support where necessary.
- Support pupils in developing and implementing their own personal and social development.
- Assist pupils with eating, dressing, hygiene and personal care (including toileting), as required, whilst encouraging independence.
- Encourage pupils to access the curriculum and participate fully in school activities.
- Support pupils to understand instructions and encourage and enable independent learning.
- Support inclusion of all pupils.
- Provide support to pupils who have communication difficulties or where English is an additional language.
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to their learning.
- Support the use of ICT in the curriculum.
- Support pupils with their social development and emotional well-being.
- Share information about pupils with other staff, parents/carers, internal and external agencies, as appropriate in line with school policies and procedures.
- Undertake pupil record keeping and maintenance of records as required.
- Invigilate examinations and tests.
- Maintain a clean, safe and tidy learning environment.
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding/child protection, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Show a duty of care to pupils and staff and take appropriate action to comply with health and safety requirements at all times.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure that all pupils have access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school.
- Maintain good relationships with colleagues and work together as a team.
- Attend morning briefings and staff meetings as required.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required to meet personal, individual pupil and staff needs.
- Demonstrate and promote commitment to equal opportunities and to the elimination of behaviour and practices that could be discriminatory.
Skills and Qualifications
- Is suitable to work with children.
- Has the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with students and staff.
- Has a flexible and adaptable approach to both work and to the behaviours of students
- Has a good understanding of the way children learn
- Has good organisational skills
- Ideally required that the post holder:-
- Has some experience of working with children with SEND but training will be provided
- Friendly, caring, patient, fair, and consistent
- Calm under pressure
- Willing to go the 'extra mile'
- Enthusiastic with a positive attitude
- A supportive member of school activities
- Keen to build on skills and be prepared to learn
- Accurate in all record keeping
- A team player
- A sense of humour
- Flexibility
- A good time keeper
Benefits
- Excellent IT facilities in a modern school fit for 21st century teaching
- A range of CPD opportunities to support professional development inside and outside the classroom.
- A range of evidence-informed strategies to support teaching and learning inside the classroom.
- A consistent approach to behaviour which ensures learning is not disrupted.
- A welcoming and supportive staff community
- Opportunities to collaborate across a range of mainstream and specialist provision schools within the Weydon MAT.
- External leadership/NPQ opportunities, including supporting masters' applications and aspiring senior leader's development programme
- On site car parking
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the school, please click apply to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.