Stonyhurst College is the UK’s leading Catholic co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3-18. Stonyhurst is set in stunning countryside, near the Ribble and Hodder rivers and the beautiful Trough of Bowland. Stonyhurst has a fascinating heritage, being the oldest continuously active Jesuit school in the world.
Founded in St Omer, Northern France (then the Spanish Netherlands), in 1593, the College moved to its present site in Lancashire’s beautiful Ribble Valley in 1794. Stonyhurst is a family, where heritage and innovation are fused to inspire young people to be agents of change in the world.
Every year we welcome students from many different countries and cultures, which provides us all with a unique opportunity to learn about the world. Every year we not only welcome children from European countries such as Italy, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands but from further afield such as South Korea, Hong Kong and Mexico. The Stonyhurst Experience offers a combination of courses for children aged between 10 and 17 years of age. The young people in our care are given the individual attention, encouragement, resources and space to experience student life at Stonyhurst.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- To prepare and lead dynamic activities and evening entertainment sessions as part of the summer school social programme, ensuring high standards are maintained in delivering the activity and entertainment programme.
- To begin and end sessions according to the timetable and maintain student and personal punctuality.
- To ensure, as far as possible, that students participate, enjoy their activities and entertainment, and maintain personal and student punctuality.
- To supervise students with great care and attention both during activities and entertainments and whilst on excursions.
- To act in a responsible, professional, and sensitive manner amongst both colleagues and children, while on and off duty for the duration of the course, and on the school grounds at all times.
- To complete and keep up to date the administrative paperwork as necessary (end of course reports, activity registers, incident reports).
- To participate in the Appraisal Scheme, be observed while on duty by a member of the SMT and engage in subsequent discussions during and at the end of the course.
- To attend meetings arranged by the Commercial Director and/or Head of Co-curricular Activities.
- To ensure that the necessary equipment is safely set up, used and removed, and is safely replaced according to the instructions in the Activities Handbook.
- To ensure that College spaces are left clean and tidy and as they were found at the end of each session.
- To prepare, organise and lead, as part of a joint task with another Activity Leader, at least one evening entertainment per two-week course.
- To assist in the delivery of the entertainment programme and to be mindful and diligent in the supervision of children at all times.
- Capture engaging content from summer school activities for marketing and outreach purposes.
The care and welfare of students is a responsibility of all staff. You will have a duty of care whilst you are on and off duty for the duration of your contract.
Welfare Duties:
- To have read and understood the Stonyhurst policies concerning pastoral care and the protection of children set out in the Staff Handbook.
- To have undertaken Stonyhurst Safeguarding Training during Staff Inset, as provided by Stonyhurst College.
- To maintain student safety as a top priority and follow the Stonyhurst guidelines on Health and Safety contained in the Staff Handbook, and to have responsibility for the safety of students participating in the activity programme.
- To carry out overnight welfare duties throughout the course according to a rota which incorporates all Stonyhurst Language School staff.
- To follow Stonyhurst safeguarding and welfare reporting procedures at all times and make any reports to the Head of Pastoral Care and/or the Designated Safeguarding Lead in a timely manner.
- To wear staff IDs and Summer School clothing when on duty.
Excursion Duties:
- To work as part of a team to ensure the safe and successful delivery of the excursions.
- To be responsible for a group of students and ensure regular checks and registrations.
- To be aware of students’ medical conditions and act accordingly if needed to ensure a student’s safety or wellbeing.
General Duties:
- To participate in the Induction Course prior to the opening of the summer programme.
- To be a member of the airport transfer/school reception teams.
- Duties will include leading activities, working with, and supporting colleagues, supervising breaks, excursions, evening entertainment/activities and overnight boarding duties, including wake up.
- To actively participate in all activities alongside students.
There will be a free day each week incorporated into the timetable for all Activity Leaders. You will be on duty 6 days per week. The night before your day off and the night of your day off you will be off duty.
Person Specification
Essential:
- To be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and to understand how to advocate for their welfare on their behalf.
- To be in sympathy with the Stonyhurst ethos and tradition and be able to support the ideals set out in the Mission Statement.
- To enjoy working with young people.
- To have excellent organisational skills.
- To have good time management skills and be able to prioritise tasks.
- To have good communication skills, written and verbal.
- To be able to build positive professional relationships with colleagues.
- To have the ability to be a team player but also be able to use own initiative when necessary.
- To be discreet, tactful, approachable and diplomatic.
- To be flexible and adaptable to the operational needs of the Stonyhurst Language School.
To apply for this job please visit: www.stonyhurst.ac.uk.
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