Inclusion Support Assistant - Remedy Recruitment Group : Job Details

Inclusion Assistant - Secondary school Lewisham

Support for pupils:

• Provide pastoral support to pupils attending both am and pm tutor times as directed.
• Receive and supervise pupils excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable
• Attend to pupils' personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, health & hygiene development, this to include providing personal care and toileting for students
• Monitor and assist with any specialist equipment as required under the direction of a teacher.
• Participate in comprehensive assessment of pupils to determine those in need of particular help specifically help with the grading of basic group tests.
• Assist the teacher with the development and implementation of individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring plans
• Support provision for pupils with special needs JD TA BGS Level 3
• Establish productive working relationships with pupils; developing an enhanced Pastoral relationship with specific students, acting as a role model
• Develop 1:1 mentoring arrangements with pupils and provide support for distressed pupils
• Promote the speedy/effective transfer of pupils across phases/integration of those who have been absent
• Provide information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning/behaviour/attendance
• Challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self-esteem
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance etc.
• Provide the necessary support to enable students to sit examinations and fulfil their access arrangements. This may include invigilating exams, scribing for and reading to students when necessary and permissible.

Support for Teachers:

• Liaise with feeder schools and other relevant bodies to gather pupil information
• Support pupils' access to learning using appropriate strategies, resources etc
• Work with other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate
• Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses and progress against action plans through observation and planned recording
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to other staff on pupils' achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence
• Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with other staff, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested
• Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies
• Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, facilitating their support for their child's attendance, access and learning and supporting home to school and community links
• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration
• Clerical/admin support eg. dealing with correspondence, compilation/analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions etc., making phone calls etc.

Support for the school:

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• Be aware of confidential issues linked to home/pupil/teacher/school/work and to keep confidences as appropriate
• Be aware of and support diversity and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils
• Attend and participate in regular meetings
• Participate in training and other learning activities as required
• Be trained in First Aid / administering medicines to support individual pupils
• Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others
• Assist in the supervision, training and development of staff
• Implement planned supervision of pupils out of school hours
• Supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required
• Take part in the school's performance management arrangements
• Support teaching staff and House teams by assisting with break duties as directed by the Head teacher.
• Any other task in keeping with the nature and grade of the role that is required by the Head teacher/SENCO to support students.

Please call Carly Walters at Remedy Education on, .