Job Purpose

To ensure the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of students residing in the school hostel and provide them with a safe, disciplined, caring, and homely workplace.

The Hostel Warden will act as a guardian, mentor, supervisor, and role model for the students while they are away from their families.

Key Responsibilities1. Student Well-Being & Care
- Ensure the overall well-being of all hostel students.
- Develop a warm, approachable relationship with students so that they feel comfortable discussing their problems.
- Help new students settle into hostel life and overcome homesickness.
- Observe students for signs of stress, anxiety, bullying, isolation, behavioural changes, or other concerns.
- Provide emotional support and refer serious concerns to the appropriate school authority/counsellor.
- Treat every child with dignity, fairness, patience, and respect.

2. Homely Hostel Environment
- Create a hostel atmosphere where students feel safe, cared for, and at home.
- Encourage healthy friendships, cooperation, mutual respect,



and a sense of brotherhood among students.
- Encourage students to develop independence while ensuring appropriate supervision.
- Organise or encourage informal hostel activities, games, celebrations, interactions, and recreational activities.
- Ensure younger students receive additional attention and support wherever required.

3. Discipline & Behaviour
- Maintain hostel discipline in a firm but caring manner.
- Ensure students follow school and hostel rules, timings, routines, dress standards, and expected behaviour.
- Counsel students before resorting to punitive measures wherever appropriate.
- Prevent bullying, fighting, abusive language, ragging, substance use, inappropriate use of mobile phones/electronic devices, and other prohibited behaviour.
- Immediately report serious disciplinary or safeguarding matters to the appropriate school authority.
- Maintain fairness and avoid favouritism.

4. Daily Routine

📌 Hostel Warden (Ambala)
🏢 Springfield Public School
📍 Ambala