Responsibilities
* Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.
* Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.
* Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity.
* Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.
* Assist children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes as defined by the curriculum, taking into account the learning support involved to aid the children to learn effectively.
* Establish supportive relationships with pupils, encouraging individual development, acceptance, social integration, and development of self-esteem.
* Carry out administration in relation to pupil progress, monitoring health, behaviour and general wellbeing and feeding back or adapting as appropriate.
* Effectively use IT systems as required by the school.
* Work independently with groups of children on specific tasks, under the overall responsibility of the Teacher.
* Contribute to meetings with parents (which may be held outside of school hours), providing constructive feedback on pupil progress, achievement and behaviour where relevant.
* Maintain confidentiality in regards to sensitive issues linked to home/pupil/staff/school.
* Administer minor first aid where training has been undertaken.
* Administer medically prescribed drugs as per the approved procedure.
* Assist with the safe physical and medical needs of pupils, including: personal hygiene/self-care (e.g., toileting or changing), specialist care (e.g., one-to-one feeding where training has been undertaken), and mobility needs (e.g., use of wheelchairs or hoists where training has been undertaken).
* Support in the management of pupils with challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties so as to prevent harm and disruption to the pupil or others.
* Supervise pupils during break time, and plan and organise play time activities, where required.
* Accompany children on educational visits as supervised by senior staff.
* Contribute to class meetings, staff meetings and school-based INSET.
* Carry out interventions as required.
* Raise any concerns in accordance with the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Assist with duties relating to pupil swimming and sports activities/events where relevant.
* Deliver therapy to pupils such as physiotherapy or speech and language therapy as guided by professionals where training has been undertaken.
* Input into planning of lesson content led by teaching staff where relevant.
* Provide pastoral care to pupils where relevant.
* Ensure all teaching aids are readily available by monitoring stock levels of materials, checking for missing/damaged equipment, arranging for new supplies to be ordered where relevant.
* Assist in preparing, using and maintaining relevant teaching resources, including wall displays and ensuring classrooms are left clean and tidy.
Senioriority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Education and Training
Industries
* Book and Periodical Publishing
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