Inclusion Centre Manager- Dukeries Academy

Start Date: May 2025
Contract Length: Permanent
Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Hours of work: 8am-4:30pm Monday to Friday (however you may be required to work additional hours, as necessitated by the needs of the role)
Weeks of Work: Term Time Only Please note that some time during school holidays across the year is allocated for training
Pay: Salary Banding: £27,000-£35,000 actual salary (£30,510- £39,550 FTE salary)
Overview: Our TFTF Inclusion Provision creates a fully managed, adjusted learning environment within a mainstream partner school, for high risk young people to prevent permanent exclusion and alternative provision placements. Our objective is to ensure the students receive a highly successful educational experience leading to high quality outcomes for each individual, whilst utilising the strength and resource of a mainstream school.
The Inclusion Centre Manager is responsible for overseeing the inclusion provision and ensuring its successful operation and successful outcomes. The target success measures include; reducing the number of permanent exclusions, reducing fixed term exclusions, improving attendance, improving behaviour and ultimately ensuring a young person's positive transformation and successful educational attainment.

The main objectives and responsibilities of the role are:

• Coordinating and overseeing the Inclusion Centre to ensure they is it successful and achieving it's objectives for students
• Managing and co-ordinating the Inclusion Centre team and creating a positive team culture
• Reducing the number of students who are permanently excluded and reducing the number of fixed term exclusions within the centre cohort
• Ensuring high pupil school attendance
• Conducting a thorough Quality Assurance Process for Mentors within the Centre
• Overseeing and coordinating behaviour policies and procedures
• Creating a positive learning environment for all pupils accessing the TFTF Inclusion Centre
• Managing and de-escalating student's challenging behaviour within the centre
• Working with the school staff to support and facilitate a pupil's successful academic journey
• Proactively supporting teachers in the Inclusion Centre with the behaviour management of pupils
• Ensuring constant innovation and improvement within the centres
• Conducting 1:1 and group mentoring sessions using the bespoke TFTF Curriculum
• Supporting student's successful transition from the Inclusion centre into mainstream education or Post 16 destinations
• Coordinating Parent/Guardian engagement and building productive relationships with Parents/Guardians
• Managing stakeholder relationships with Key School and TFTF leaders, as well as external services
• Utilising Impact Analytics to influence practice and decision making around the student's engagement with education
• Working closely with school staff to ensure a joined-up approach, including attending team meetings

Every person has their personal TFTF Progression plan that is reviewed multiple times per year looking at salary, skill, role and school placement progression

Inclusion Centre Team Salary Progression

Below shows the actual and full time equivalent (FTE) salaries for the Inclusion Centre Management provision at Think for the Future. Progression through pay scales is based on time in the organisation and performance in the role:

• Inclusion Centre Mentor Banding - £22,500-£26,000 Actual Salary (£25,425-£29,945 FTE) ICP Mentor Level 1-4
• Inclusion Centre Mentor Additional Responsibilities - £26,000-£27,000 Actual Salary (£29,380-£30,510 FTE) ICP Mentor Level 5-6
• Inclusion Centre Deputy Banding - £26,000-£28,500 Actual Salary (£29,380-£32,205 FTE) ICP Deputy Level 1-4
• Inclusion Centre Manager Banding - £27,000-£35,000 Actual Salary (£30,510-£39,550 FTE) ICP Manager Level 1-5

A Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) salary represents what the salary would be for a full workweek for all 52 working weeks in a year. This is typically how school represent salaries. The Actual Salary is the pro-rata amount calculated based on the 40 weeks of the school year, taking into account the 12 weeks of school holidays. This is the amount you will receiveIdeal Candidate Profile

ESSENTIAL:

• Passion and talent for working with young people
• Positive attitude and high energy when approaching your work
• Ability to manage change and to adapt to unexpecting demands and resilience to working in challenging environments
• Strong management and coordination skills/experience
• Ability to lead a team and deliver on a clear strategy
• Full commitment to the role and to helping the company achieve its objectives
• Ability to assess priorities and manage competing deadlines both independently and as a member of a team
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work with a diverse range of individuals
• Written skills – proven ability to use clear, concise language specific for the purpose and audience
• Very strong admin skills

DESIRABLE:

• Related teaching or mentoring qualifications
• Knowledge of relevant policies including safeguarding, health and safety, data protection, etc.
• Experience of working with external agencies
• Advanced safeguarding knowledge and/or qualifications

Safeguarding

Think for the Future is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a rigorous Safer Recruitment Policy which is followed for every appointment. Therefore, successful appointment to this role will be subject to:

• Declaration of any convictions, cautions or reprimands which you have incurred
• An Enhanced DBS Check
• Two Satisfactory References
• Proof of Eligibility to work in the UK