Inclusion Learning Support Assistant

What skills and experience we’re looking for

Inspire & Excel at Rainhill High. Are you interested in a career when no two days are the same?

We are looking to recruit an Inclusion Learning Support Assistant at Rainhill high School as soon as possible to work with pupils who are accessing our ARC Inclusion Centre.

Pupils supported in the centre have a wide range of barriers including low attendance, challenging and escalated behaviours, undiagnosed SEND, awaiting specialist provision.

You will work alongside the Inclusion Centre Manager and will have a crucial role to play in making our school a safe and happy place for every single one of our pupils that you help to support.

It is not essential to have worked in a school setting, however previous experience of working with challenging behaviours in children and young people is essential, as is a desire to want to make a difference.

Embracing our school values of ‘Learn, Think, Contribute, Care’, you will inspire our young people to enjoy and achieve; to reach heights that they never thought possible.

• Permanent, full‑time role
• ‘Good’ Ofsted‑rated school (2023)
• Part of Stephenson MAT
• Reduced workload, tech investment & career development
• Hope University, Ambition Institute, Rainbow Teaching School Hub and more

Under the Inclusion Manager’s clear guidance, in respect of their work with individuals or small groups, to support the education, personal and social development of pupils who are supported in the school inclusion centre.

This includes those with low attendance, escalated behaviour, undiagnosed special educational needs and those awaiting specialist provision to establish positive relationships with the pupils and assist them in completing structured learning activities.

The role would be to ensure pupils remain on task and report progress to the teacher.

In addition to the following duties, the postholder may be required to undertake any of the duties normally associated with a lower graded Teaching Assistant post.

Support for Pupils – Under the clear guidance of the Inclusion Centre teacher to assist in the implementation of structured learning activities and to assist individual/group of pupils to complete tasks;

To undertake activities to assist in monitoring the personal social and emotional needs of pupils.

To develop positive relationships with pupils to assist pupil progress and attainment.

To assist in the devising of pupil's individual targets and their monitoring and review.

Support a particular pupil as part of a planned inclusion programme.

To assist in the development of varying skills that support learning.

Promote self‑esteem, independence and resilience for learning.

Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance and direction of the teacher.

Provide welfare support in line with the school’s behavioural/safeguarding and SEN policies.

To assist the Inclusion Centre Manager to engage pupils through a creative and innovative curriculum.

Able to deliver interventions to meet the specific needs of individual children and small groups.

To assist in the monitoring/recording of pupil progress and developmental needs.

Support the delivery of differentiated learning styles, by the class teacher’ for pupils in the class.

To assist in the production of learning resources.

To undertake routine classroom administrative tasks including the maintenance of records.

To assist in pupil supervision and assist in the management of pupil behaviour.

To provide information to the class teacher to assist in the planning of work programmes.

To liaise with the school's nominated person in respect of pupil absence.

Administer routine tests, assist in the invigilation of exams and undertake routine marking of pupils work under the direction of a classroom teacher.

To assist in providing an atmosphere in which effective learning can take place.

To support the promotion of positive relationships with parents, carers and outside agencies and to work within school policies and procedures.

To take care for their own and other people's health and…