Job Description

House Duties &Pastoral (Residential Staff)

As a residential member of staff your role will require that on a rota you will assist with:

• Being responsible for student welfare
• Ensuring high standards of student behaviour
• Ensuring each student’s dietary/religious needs are met
• Assisting with all residential duties (bed time and wake-up)
• Perform all residential duties in professional manner
• Help coordinate House Buddies
• Assist with monitoring students’ regular medication requirements
• Help and assist with unwell students
• Help with maintaining a high level of tidiness and liaise with Housekeeping as necessary
• Assist with a laundry system
• Assist with any disciplinary issues with CM/GLs
• Act as GL for individual students
• Be a role model for students

Essential Requirements

• Experience of working in residential summer centres
• Experience of working with children/teenagers
• Excellent organisational skills
• Flexibility
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Safeguarding experience (a level 3 course will be provided)

Desirable Attributes

• Current valid First Aid certificate
• Child Protection training
• Recognised qualification in sports coaching, lifeguarding, dance instruction etc
• CELTA/Trinity/TESOL
• Experience of British Council Inspections

Centre & Head Office 

• Work with Centre Manager and centre management teams to ensure smooth running of Houses
• Assist CM and centre management teams on arrival and departure days
• Assist CM and centre management teams with room allocation
• Assist CM and centre management teams with fire drills
• Ensure all information on emergencies/fire drills/Health & Safety is displayed correctly and clearly
• Respond to all requests/correspondence from HO in a timely fashion
• Inform CM of any issues/incidents immediately
• Be aware of all OSI regulations and procedures

Social Requirements

• Participate in activities enthusiastically as per timetable
• Encourage all students to participate fully in the activity programme
• Attend and participate in activity staff 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 pre-excursion briefings

Safeguarding

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for and come into contact with
• To adhere to the OSI safeguarding policy
• To be the deputy designated safeguarding lead at centre level (level 3 trained)

Other Requirements

In addition to the above, all staff are required to:

• Work positively as part of a team
• Demonstrate a positive attitude
• Attend and participate in whole staff meetings
• Act according to accepted professional standards at all times
• Act in the welfare of the students at all times
• Comply with centre and OSI rules and regulations