Senior Learning Support Assistant

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 your role/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 in its 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