Level 1 Teaching Assistant - Permanent & Fixed Term available.

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