Alternative Provision Manager

Job Title: Alternative provision manager

Hours of work: Term time 8am-4pm

Grade / Salary: £36,000 + (dependent upon experience)

Reporting to: Senior Leader in charge of Alternative Provision

Main Objective

• To support the Co-Headteachers and Senior Leader in charge of Alternative Provision
• To have oversight and deliver the provisions soft skills programmes within the following programmes

o The Breathing Space Programme

o The KS4 offer

• To line manage the support team within the provision
• To liaise with external provisions

Main Responsibilities/Key Tasks

General

• To deputise for the Senior Leader at appropriate times including when the senior leader is not onsite.
• To be onsite at 8am and set up for a 9am start
• To welcome students into the provision on arrival
• To ensure that all students are in their allocated session.
• To ensure attendance is monitored and usual attendance protocols are in place.
• To ensure that they are monitored off site when leaving at the end of the school day.
• To liaise with parents/carers at the start and end of the programme, and during if/when necessary.
• Home visits /monitoring for non-attending pupils
• To participate in daily briefings

Management

• To line manage the TA team
• Manage and co-ordinate relationships between other agencies, providers and stakeholders.
• Manage, coordinate and oversee KS4 exams

Curriculum development

• To work with the Senior Leader to create the overarching curriculum and curriculum map for the students within the provision
• To coordinate personalised student timetables in line with the overall curriculum map utilising the network of other professionals, so that each student has their bespoke provision developed in line with their needs.
• To ensure that the curriculum is implemented on a day to day basis and to alter and adapt at key evaluation points to recognise any developments or changes in the progress of the student.
• To amend the curriculum if providers are unwell and therefore unable to facilitate the designate session.
• To develop and deliver a soft skills programme to students including mentoring, emotional literacy PSHE and the coordination of external agencies.

Liaison with home schools and professionals

• To develop a schedule that has regular contacts with home to discuss context and progress.
• To liaise and network with appropriate professionals relevant to the needs of each child.
• To take part in / hold professional meetings at appropriate intervals to monitor and evaluate the progress of each child within the provision.
• To source further support and professional intervention as and when appropriate, including the organisation of external workshops
• To utilise the SEND team to support the academic needs of the child and to arrange any assessments as required
• To provide and co-ordinate information for transition back to home schools

Safeguarding

• To ensure key information from home / schools is obtained including any safeguarding information / including risk assessments.
• Ensure that safeguarding practices are applied when necessary
• To oversee and develop the log for students that is shared with the DSL to log any referrals and follow up action points, so that home schools have an accurate chronology of events
• To make MASH or any other referrals as and when necessary.
• To liaise with home school and DSL if referrals are required, or when there are any major safeguarding concerns that present.

Monitoring, evaluation and transition

• The provision manager to be in daily contact with the Senior Leader in charge of AP
• A weekly meeting to take place between the Senior Leader and the Provision Manager.
• Exit reports to written and coordinated at the end of the student's term on the breathing space programme
• Termly reports to be written up to communicate provision and progress for KS4 Students. This should also include the voice of the child and feedback from other Professionals. This should be shared with parents from this an action plan/reviewed.

Reporting

• A termly report to be presented to the Senior Leader
• A report jointly written with the Senior Lead Alternative Provision to the full Governing Body once a year

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