Boarding Supervisor
What the work is
Provides care and supervision for children and young people living in boarding schools and residential colleges.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Plans and supervises activities to enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children and young people in boarding schools and residential colleges
- Contributes to the provision of quality welfare and education services to children and young people in boarding schools and residential colleges
- Develops and coordinates recreational, social and educational programs for residents
- Provides pastoral care, and liaises with parents of residents about the progress of their child
- Ensures residents adhere to set guidelines for daily schedules, school attendance, meals and other domestic activities
- Maintains discipline and reinforces appropriate behaviour standards
- Manages boarding processes, policies and procedures, in line with the residential facility's guidelines
- Ensures a safe and secure environment that creates a friendly atmosphere by promoting trust and confidence in residents
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a regional high school with a boarding house and a cultural education team. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student who has been absent for weeks walks in smiling and sits at the front
- Elders visit the school and the students listen in a way they rarely do in class
- A boarder who was homesick in week one now shows the new arrivals around
Hard days
- Being the only person asked to speak for a whole community in a staff meeting
- A student you care about drifts away from school and you cannot reach them
- Late-night boarding house duty when a young person just wants to go home
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 432932, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.