Attendance & Pastoral Officer - London, United Kingdom - Ada, National College for Digital Skills

Ada, National College for Digital Skills

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Nature of the Role:
Full time, permanent contract

Responsible to:
Assistant Principal, Head of Learner Services

Responsible for:
Providing effective provision of continuous high quality pastoral support for 6th form students, and assisting with administrative tasks associated with this

Welcome to Ada

We are the Government's National College for Digital Skills and are passionate about educating, supporting and creating the next generation of digital pioneers in our Sixth Form and our Apprenticeship Programme.

We are a growing college with a sixth form and an Apprenticeship Programme based in our new home in London Victoria, and an Apprenticeship Programme in Manchester.

Our new permanent home for both London programmes (6th form and Apprenticeships) in the heart of Pimlico is a short 10 minute walk from Victoria.

We have a very diverse student body from a wide range of backgrounds and are committed to using tech as a tool for social mobility.

We offer a supportive culture for students and staff and our excellent industry links ensure students are prepared for the Tech Industry and teachers and leaders get regular formal and informal CPD to support their teaching and technical knowledge and development.

We are a specialist digital college where all our students are passionate about tech and we are committed to supporting them to progress onto highly skilled roles in the digital sector.

All students study computer science for at least 50% of their curriculum, with regular off-curriculum industry projects with partners such as King Games, Deloitte, Bank of America and Salesforce.

We are passionate about high quality teaching and learning, using industry's problems to bring education to life for our learners and thinking of innovative new approaches to communicating some of tech's more challenging concepts.

We received Good with Outstanding Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development in our

A message from
Tina Götschi, Principal
I joined Ada because I recognised a workplace and leaders who want to educate young people differently.

I really want you to join Ada and feel you can play an integral part in the College as we evolve towards Ada 2.0, embodied by our relocation to our new campus in Pimlico.

I am interested in finding people who are keen to make a contribution to our vision.

I am looking for a leader who is super passionate about our mission, to educate and empower the next generation of diverse digital talent, and is focused on continuing to grow the quality of the sixth form intake, in London and beyond, so we can remain England's No.

1 specialist digital college

Purpose of the Role:

Working as part of an experienced, collaborative and talented team, your role will be to ensure the excellent attendance, behaviour and punctuality of all 6th form students and to provide holistic pastoral support to all 6th form students at Ada, especially to those with Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and safeguarding needs.

With the right experience and training we would like the person undertaking this role to fulfil the role of DDSL within the Sixth Form for safeguarding concerns.

You will be expected to build positive and trusting relationships with Ada's 6th form students' and ensure that Ada's attendance, values and behaviour policy are upheld.

Main Responsibilities:

Pastoral support

Providing pastoral support, advice and guidance to students when requested or when a need is identified and to those students on Education Health Care Plans (EHCP)
Report student concerns to the safeguarding lead, actively contributing to safeguarding at the college and acting as DDSL within the Sixth Form.
Work with teachers, senior leaders, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders to access all required documentation about students to ensure the College fully understands their personal, emotional, social and learning needs
Monitoring individual progression of all assigned students against agreed targets set by the curriculum, including taking action to support students who are attendance concerns, under‐performing or experiencing pastoral concerns
Support the Sixth form leadership team to address disciplinary issues, including participation in meetings and evidence gathering whilst ensuring that all relevant college staff are informed of agreed targeted actions in support of the student's performance
Support the SEND specialist / SENDCo with annual reviews for student with Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs)
Supporting the sixth form team leads during check ins and Team time
Supporting and contributing to the Enrichment club provision at the college.
Provide support to the sixth form team on delivering a successful induction on enrolment of new cohorts.
Organising and administering parents and carers meetings
Providing support to the sixth form team on delivering the futures programme, to secure the best possible destination