Cover Manager

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Learning Support Assistant with a good work ethic, a sense of moral purpose and a genuine desire to make a difference to the lives of our young people. You will help us drive change and create a happy and safe place for learning together and achieving ambitious objectives. You will be driven by a desire to serve our community and young people. If you feel that your values and ambitions align with ours, and you believe that you can support our journey to deliver our vision, we would love to hear from you.

The Academy of St Francis of Assisi is a family, guided by Christian love and following in the footsteps of Christ. It is an 11-16 Academy with 900 students on roll. We are focused upon improving the quality of education and driving up standards of achievement rapidly. It is a busy, dynamic, and exciting place to work. We are committed to ensuring that every student is as successful as possible. We strive for excellence, cherishing every child in our care as a unique thumbprint of God, enabling all to realise their full potential.

Our curriculum is designed to open doors and unlock minds to ensure that all our students are given opportunities to thrive and shine. We concentrate on providing the highest quality of teaching, with bespoke CPD for all staff to support this, the best possible student support, and an engaging and appropriate curriculum.

The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi benefits from its membership of the All Saints Multi Academy Trust, a unique Joint Denominational Multi Academy Trust in Liverpool.

To find out more about our school, please visit The Academy of St Francis of Assisi – Part of the All Saints Multi Academy Trust.

Core Responsibilities and Tasks

• Identify cover requirements and arrange internal and external cover for planned/unplanned teacher absence and other special events where there is a need

• Responsibility for recording staff absence on SIMS, leave of absence request procedure, return to work meetings and any other appropriate HR and administrative tasks as required

• Liaise with teaching staff to ensure that work is set for lessons to be covered and available for Cover Supervisors

• Supervising work set in accordance with Academy policy

• Manage external cover by providing timetables, registers, work set by teaching staff and any other relevant information

• Ensure Cover Supervisors have a clear understanding of their role within the classroom

• Provide a first line of behaviour management training and ongoing support for Cover Supervisors

• Manage the cover supervision budget by ensuring an appropriate balance of cover supervision. Maintain adequate records of provision and salary claims

• Liaise with Line Manager to recruit and maintain a pool of Cover Supervisors to meet cover requirements

• To accompany Academy visits

• Attend morning briefings, planning meetings and extra-curricular meetings

• Support and maintain Academy resources and systems

• Support establishment and maintenance of positive relations with parents/carers, support agencies and students

• To undertake cover/classroom support duties as directed by the Headteacher

• To instruct students about the work left by Subject Teacher

• To provide students with necessary resources for their learning

• To register and record student attendance in lessons

• To answer student queries regarding the instructions left by the Subject Teacher

• To ensure classrooms are left tidy and ready for the next lesson after dismissing the class

• To ensure classes enter and leave classroom in an orderly fashion

• To liaise with Subject Leader/Subject Teachers/Area Leaders to answer any queries about work set by the Subject Teacher when appropriate and without leaving students unsupervised

• When appropriate report students responsible for poor behaviour to the Subject Teacher, Subject Leader or Deputy Area Leader

• Collect, distribute and explain to students, as instructed, the class work and return completed work to designated place

• Ensure a punctual and orderly beginning and ending to classes and to maintain an orderly working atmosphere in the classroom

• Assist, when required, with lunchtime/breaktime supervision

• Carry out general teaching assistant duties and curriculum support when not engaged in supervising classes

• Co-operate with all other departments in the provision of an effective and efficient non-teaching support service to the Academy

• Attend to the personal and social needs of students

• Support programmes for individual students or groups of students

• Assist in preparation of resources before lessons

• Assist in the presentation of work and display areas

• Be available for invigilation duties as and when required by the Academy

• To promote the Academy’s Christian ethos and Environmental specialism Ensure students’ safety at all times, in and out of the classroom

• Enable students to be included in all aspects of Academy life

• Support the educational aims and objectives of the Academy

• Be aware of, and adhere to, the Academy’s policies and procedures

Academy Ethos

• Implement the Academy Improvement Plan to meet the objectives set out in the Funding Agreement.

• Help to meet strategic targets for the Academy set by the Governing Body.

• Support and facilitate access to the curriculum for all learners to meet the objectives in the Academy Improvement Plan and targets set by the Secretary of State and Governing Body

• Enable the Academy to be rooted at the heart of the community.

• Develop links as appropriate with partners, schools, FE and HE establishments, sponsors and the Connexions service, thereby ensuring greater opportunities for the young people in the Academy particularly in the areas of work experience and study support.

Communication and Liaison

• Communicate effectively with the parents of students as appropriate.

• Where appropriate, communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the Academy.

• Follow agreed policies for communications in the Academy.