EYFS Level 1 Teaching Assistant

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

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
• 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, 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 EHCP child
• To assist the other health care assistants in carrying out their role in providing specific assistance to personal care needs of students
• To ensure that you cover the role of personal care in a colleague’s absence with guidance from the SENCo/ Lead SEND teacher and Level 2 Teaching Assistants
• To provide care, as and when needed, on off site visits and trips
• To provide practical and personal assistant to individual pupil needs
• To assist students with their day to day personal care needs, personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To promote students’ independence skills in relation to personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To monitor the behaviour of students, encouraging positive behaviour and reporting any incidents • To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing support where necessary or signposting concerns to colleagues
• To liaise with external agencies, where appropriate, talking through therapeutic programmes and discussing programmes
• To write specific health care plans/Personal Evacuation Plans for key students
• To be responsible for the recording and distribution of medicines
• To support students over break and lunch times

SUPPORT 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