SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENT

Support and direct activities with either individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and cognitive development;
Help with care, personal hygiene and support of students;
Contribute to the health and well-being of students;
Establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups;
Promote and reinforce the students’ self-esteem and independence e.g. support in form time, AoW, unstructured time etc.;
Encourage acceptance and inclusion of all students;
To support groups of students as directed during formal public or internal school examinations;
To assist students on work placements, educational visits, residential, and recreational activities as appropriate;
To assist students with self-organisation and in the completion of homework tasks, in allocated periods during the school day;
Drawing on knowledge of various forms of individual needs, to develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students within the school community;
To liaise effectively with parents/carers as appropriate;
To assume responsibility for designated keyworker role at School Action Plus and/or a named Statemented child.

SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHER

Help with the collation of Review/Annual Review meetings;
Help with classroom resources and records;
To implement learning programmes a directed by the class teacher – with individual or small groups;
To monitor individual student’s needs and provide regular feedback to the teacher;
Contribute to the management of student behaviour;
To participate in the evaluation of the support programme;
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Learning Support Faculty.

SUPPORT FOR THE CURRICULUM

Support and reinforce the school curriculum including catch up KS3/GCSE work, literacy, numeracy activities in a 1:1 setting and in the classroom;
Provide support for learning activities including enrichment activities during the normal school day;
Support the use and development of ICT within the classroom;
Support the smooth running of the Faculty by covering designated priority lessons of absent staff as and when required by the SENCo;
To take responsibility for display and up keep of designated areas in the Faculty.

SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL

Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and parents;
Maintain and safeguard the confidential nature of student/teacher/home issues;
Contribute to the maintenance of student safety and security, including break and lunchtime duties in the Faculty and taxi duties;
Attend Faculty/Pastoral meetings as appropriate.
Act as a First Aider after appropriate training

Level 1 Teaching Assistant - Permanent & Fixed Term available.

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