Student Mentor - London, United Kingdom - BSC Education Limited

BSC Education Limited

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London, United Kingdom

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What's on the offer:

Salary:
Up to £505pw
/ £26,260 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours: 42 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract June/July
- August 2024

On Site Summer Centres London**
Residential (Free Accommodation)

Free Meals (3 per day including days off)

Annual Leave Accrual 12.07%

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)

Additional Bonus Pay For Eligible Returners at £20pw (3rd year with BSC onwards. Performance based - consult previous years' appraisals)

Overview:

The Student Mentor plays a critical role in ensuring the physical and emotional well-being of our students throughout their program. This role involves providing support, guidance, and assistance to students, coordinating welfare-related activities, and working closely with other staff members to create a positive and nurturing environment. Student Mentors often have the best relationships with the students as they built trust through daily meetings and support in sensitive issues. Additionally, SMs will participate in activities on a rota basis, attend to pastoral duties, as well as accompany students on excursions. They are required to adhere to BSC Rules and follow all BSC safeguarding policies. Student Mentors are also required to adopt activity leader duties when required.

The main duties and responsibilities are listed below:

Duties:

House Duties & Pastoral Care

Be responsible for student welfare.
Ensure high standards of student behaviour.
Ensure each student's dietary/religious needs are met.
Perform all residential duties in a professional manner.
Monitor students' regular medication requirements.
Attend the hospital or Doctors with a student, if/when required.
Be responsible for unwell students and maintain medical records.
Maintain high level of tidiness and liaise with Housekeeping as necessary.
Support the Welfare Manager to manage the laundry system.
Report any disciplinary issues to the Centre Manager and Welfare Manager.
Gave daily meetings with assigned group of individuals.
Act as a welfare point of contact for individual students.
Communicate any welfare concerns to the Welfare Manager.
Help students settle into life in the centre and the UK, ensuring that they have the correct. information regarding personal safety, centre rules and UK Law.
Support the Welfare Manager during student induction, orientation and creating Welcome Packs (ensuring that each student has a fully completed ID card and a wristband).
Safeguarding duties.
Support the Welfare Manager to record accidents, issues or incidents and note action taken relating to student welfare.
Support Welfare manager with laundry requirements.
Carry out meal time, free time and night time supervision duties as required.
Check for student absences from classes by doing classroom checks and following up on absences.
To monitor and supervise the centre sickbay when it is occupied.
Assist the Welfare Manager to ensure that residences are cleaned and maintained to a high standard at all times.
Be a role model for International students.

Social Programme

Participate in activities enthusiastically as per timetable.
Encourage all students to participate fully in the activity programme.
Promote and update the activity programme using posters, noticeboards, signup sheets and in communicating with the students.
Manage time appropriately by arriving early to set up activity and gather resources.
Attend and participate in activity team meetings.
Accompany and fully supervise students on excursions.
Be familiar with excursion destination and itinerary.
Ensure safety of students at all times.
Attend and participate in preexcursion briefings.
Communicate the weather forecast to the group before leaving so they are prepared.
Ensure students are wearing their lanyards containing their school ID, emergency contact information and wristbands.
Ensure students are wearing appropriate clothing for the weather. For example, a jacket for rain, etc.
Complete a student register before leaving on the bus.
Carry a first aid kit on the excursion.
Complete regular head counts and dynamic risk assessments.
Consult the Risk Assessment before every excursion.
Cover assigned social programme duties of 'offduty' Activity Leaders.
Promote language learning opportunity on all activities and excursions
Any other reasonable task to include but not limited to:
Actively supervise mealtimes on a rota basis
Undertake wake up duty on a rota basis
Undertake night duty on a rota basis

Child Protection & Safeguarding

To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for and come into contact with.
Familiarise yourself with the BSC Young Learners safeguarding policy.
To adhere to the BSC Young Leaners Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Ensure student ratios are maintained