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House Manager (Boarding) - Casual

Earlscliffe Independent Sixth Form College, Folkestone

  • Ref:KCC886-6138-122S
  • Posted:07/06/2022
  • Pay:Competitive hourly rate
  • Start Date:As required
  • App Close Date:31/08/2022 at 09:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Casual House Manager - Relief

As a Relief House Manager, you will provide cover in one of our 6 boarding houses as required. You will be responsible for the welfare of the students. You will need to be highly attentive and well-organised in your approach to all welfare and pastoral issues as well as enthusiastic, sympathetic and flexible.

Desirable qualities: highly motivated, energetic, organised, caring with a genuine interest in our students’ lives and a spirit of internationalism. We are proud of our commitment to the ongoing professional development of our boarding staff to meet and exceed role requirements and offer, indeed require, regular training.

Working hours are after 4.30pm until 9am Monday-Friday and some weekend cover is also required. 

You will be available to students during these times although a room is provided for you to sleep from 11pm until 7am.  You will remain on call throughout this time.

The job description included with this advertisement is the job description for our resident House Managers, however, the majority also applies to Cover House Managers.

We are looking for both a female and a male Cover House Manager, as our Boarding Houses are single sex accommodation. Usually the cover will be required for one or two nights per week and/or a weekend, working in accordance with our other Casual House Managers.   

 

Information about the school

Earlscliffe was founded as an independent, day and boarding, sixth form college in 2012 and recently joined the Dukes Education group of elite educational establishments.

Earlscliffe is fully co-educational, educating boys and girls from 15-19yrs and currently all of our students, except three day students, are full boarding and are accommodated within our six residences.

There are currently 140 students from over 30 nationalities in the school. There are approximately 40 teaching staff (p/t and f/t) and about 85 employees in total. We also operate Easter and Summer School courses throughout the vacation periods.

We offer a gold standard A-level programme in traditional subjects providing the best academic preparation for entry into the world's most competitive universities.

Earlscliffe offers a personalised education like no other college of its kind, drawing on the traditions and methods of Oxbridge colleges, top public schools, Ivy League universities and innovative best practice.

Since its opening in 2012, Earlscliffe has gone from strength to strength, having achieved ‘The Telegraph’ national ranking of No. 38 out of 4,303 schools teaching A-level.

Visit www.earlscliffe.co.uk for more information.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

At Earlscliffe we are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2022.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2023, online searches may be completed as part of our due diligence checks.

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. DBS Guidance

At Earlscliffe we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

For further details on the School's child protection policy, please see our school website.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Legislation.