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 prote