Student Referral Centre Officer

We are looking to recruit a Student Referral Centre Officer to support our students at Harris Academy Merton.

At Harris Academy Merton we promote the ethos ‘’Achievement is Success’’ and believe every student has the right to the highest standard of education so that they can accomplish their aspirations. Our aim is to give every student an educational experience that is enjoyable and holistic so that they develop into responsible, articulate and successful young people.

We combine the traditional values of strong discipline, good manners, respect and pride in appearance with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. With these core values embedded, we develop our students into confident and capable individuals that have a desire to excel academically and personally now and in the future.

Operational/Strategic Planning

• To assist in devising, developing and implementing in-house behaviour support and intervention programmes for targeted students.
• To assist in sourcing behaviour support and intervention programmes from external providers.
• To contribute to the SRC’s Improvement Plan and its implementation.
• To attend all appropriate meetings.
• To plan and prepare courses and workshops.

Support and Intervention Provision

• To ensure that the team provides a range of support and intervention programmes which address the needs of students.
• To ensure that the team provides an effective internal exclusion facility as an alternative sanction to fixed term exclusion

Support and Intervention Provision Development

• To assist in the process of provision development and change to ensure the continued relevance to the needs of students.

Pastoral System

• To be a mentor to assigned individual students and groups of targeted students.
• To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of targeted groups.
• To liaise with the Academy Leadership Team and Subject Co-ordinators to ensure the implementation of the Academy’s Pastoral System.
• To manage the Individual Intervention Programme system and to liaise with ALT support to assist in managing and implementing the Pastoral Support Programme system through 1:1 student meetings and targeted support
• To evaluate and monitor the progress of students and keep up-to-date student records as may be required.
• To prepare Action Plans and progress files and other reports
• To alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and to make recommendations as to how these may be resolved.
• To communicate as appropriate, with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the Academy concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff.
• To prepare and facilitate pastoral support and intervention programmes in line with the SRC Behaviour Support and Intervention System.
• To supervise and evaluate support and intervention programmes facilitated by external providers.
• To work in line with the Academy PSHE and pastoral programme according to Academy policy.
• To apply the Behaviour Management systems so that effective discipline and learning can take in the SRC

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
• Knowledge of the academy Behaviour for Learning policy
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
• Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding requirements
• Experience of working in an inner-city school or educational establishment
• Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
• Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
• Experience of working with families
• Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
• Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.