Senior Learning Support Assistant

About this Role

Main duties

Support for students

-  Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support students in a range of settings (1B, intervention hubs and mainstream classrooms)

-  Work and liaise with KS3 Learning Support team to ensure that all Provision Maps are up to date.

-  Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

-  Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom

-  Support students consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual SEND needs

- Encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others to engage all students in activities

- Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance

- Provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement

- To lead on initiatives in 1B, for example, Pioneers

Supporting the Line Manage

- Work with KS3 Assistant SENDCo to establish an appropriate learning environment

- Monitor and evaluate students’ responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives

• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports to the Line Manager as required, on student  achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence
• Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the Line Manager, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested
• Undertake monitoring of students’ work and accurately record achievement/progress
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage students to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the Line Manager within yourrole/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents/carers
• Provide general clerical/administration support eg produce worksheets for agreed activities etc
• Attend meetings/reviews with parents/carers and internal and external agencies

Support for the curriculum

•  Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to student responses/needs
•  Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop students’ competence and independence inits use
•  Help students to access learning activities through specialist support
•  Determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources

- Intervention planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate

- Liaise with KS3 Assistant SENDCo and members of faculties regarding students’ progress and supply of work

Support for the school

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
•  Be aware of and support difference and ensure all students have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
•  Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
•  Establish constructive relationships and communication with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the Assistant and whole school SENDCo, to support achievement and progress of students
•  Attend and participate in regular meetings
• Participate in training and other learning activities as required
• Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others
• Provide appropriate guidance and supervision and assist in the training and development of staff as appropriate
• General administration related to the remit of the Learning Support Faculty

Other duties

•  Attending training courses as necessary
•  Undertaking tasks as directed by the KS3 Assistant SENDCo, SENDCo or the School Manager
  

  Contact Details

    Joanne Baxter
  01844210557
  [email protected]

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