Job Description
ABOUT BOSWORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
Bosworth Independent School is a relatively small school of approximately 300 students. This enables us to offer a supportive family atmosphere, where students and staff can enjoy their work and thrive as valued people and professionals. Our ethos is one that believes in the importance of the individual and celebrates success regardless of the level. Students come from a wide variety of countries and are motivated and aspirational, mostly aiming for Russell Group and Oxbridge.
JOB OVERVIEW
The Boarding Concierge plays a key role in ensuring the safety, welfare and wellbeing of boarding students. This position requires a calm, vigilant and student-focused individual who can maintain a secure environment, respond to pastoral or emergency needs, and support the smooth running of Bosworth Hall. You will be the primary point of contact on the desk, responsible for monitoring the building, providing reassurance or assistance to students who may require support and ensuring the building is locked down safely at night.
In absence of a house parent, you will need to cover for them in the boarding house. When required to cover a house, this will require you to sleep in the house overnight and carry out House Parent duties. This will require being the trusted adult for the students in the boarding house, ensuring all students are back in the house by curfew and supporting them with any emergencies in the night. Upon waking up, house parents must wake up the students and ensure they leave the house to go to breakfast before completing room checks to ensure both health and safety and cleanliness standards are met.
Please note, this role will require you to work on a full-time basis, term time plus 7 additional weeks. In the event of team absences and the requirement to cover as a House Parent, will gain overtime payments. Hours of work are: 4-8pm weekdays, 12-8pm weekends (shift pattern totalling 36 hours over 2
weeks).
For an exhaustive list of duties, please refer to the attached application pack.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
•Right to work in the UK
•Strong communication skills, fluent in spoken and written English
•Confidence, resilience and calmness when working with teenagers
•Ability to work independently and as part of a team, maintaining alertness and good judgement
•Friendly, approachable and professional manner
•Good organisational skills and basic IT proficiency(including Microsoft Office)
•Experience working with young people in an educational, social care or residential setting
•Ability to be proactive, flexible and reliable
•Confidence to challenge students who are not adhering to the school rules
•Understanding of how to handle sensitive data in accordance with GDPR
Desirable
•Experience in safeguarding, supervision, pastoral care or boarding environments
•First Aid training (or willingness to undertake training)
BENEFITS
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Car Scheme
• Free flu vaccine through Healthshield
• Free eye tests
• Financial wellbeing support via WageStream
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Group income protection
• GP24: GP Access for all
• Health Cash Plan
• Death in Service
• Long service awards
• Employee referral scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
ABOUT CATS GLOBAL SCHOOLS (CGS)
CATS Global Schools is a leading education group committed to inspiring the next generation of world shapers.
With a history dating back to 1899, but a focus on the future, our group brings together 16 institutions comprising independent boarding schools, an Arts University College, English language schools and a variety of summer programmes in the UK, US, Canada, and China.
Each year, we provide 18,000 students around the globe with the education they need to develop real-life skills for the future. We are dedicated to academic excellence and our students benefit from our well-developed links to over 40 top global universities.
We create a positive learning environment where every student is empowered to make a contribution to shape their world. This is made possible because of the commitment of our pioneering, persevering people who do the very best for our students.
OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
We are committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging. Building on our core values – Pioneering, Persevering, People – We pledge to deliver a series of events, guest speakers and focus groups to make CATS Global Schools and employer of choice for all.
SAFEGUARDING
CGS is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of children and young people. As such, appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment employment checks in line with KCSIE guidelines. This will include satisfactory references, enhanced DBS from the Disclosures and Barring Service and, where applicable, any international equivalent being obtained. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks which may include social media.
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