Level 2 Teaching Assistant

What skills and experience we’re looking for

• Support and direct activities with either individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and cognitive development.
• To lead care, personal hygiene medical needs and support of students including publishing care plans.
• Contribute to the health and well‑being of students.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups.
• Promote and reinforce the students’ self‑esteem and independence e.g. support in form time, AoW, unstructured time, enrichment etc.
• Take a lead role in encouraging the acceptance and inclusion of all students, including the implementation and delivery of targeted interventions, and any other support task as directed by the SENDCo.
• Support students as directed during formal public or internal school examinations.
• Supervise and coordinate students on work placements, educational visits, residential trips, transition, travel training, off‑site placements and recreational activities as appropriate.
• Plan and deliver a programme of self‑organisation and study skills in allocated periods during the school day and after‑school sessions.
• Draw on prior knowledge and expertise of individual needs, to develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students within the school community.
• Liaise effectively with teachers, parents/carers and external agencies as appropriate.
• Assume responsibility for a designated key‑worker role with the most challenging and complex Statemented students.
• Collaborate with the SENDCo in writing and collating EHCPs/IEPs/Reviews/Annual Reviews.
• Be responsible for planning and participation of the transition process and individualized programmes for targeted students.
• Liaise with classroom teachers and complete Teacher/TA contracts.
• Assist teaching staff in planning work programmes for individuals and groups of students.
• Implement learning programmes as directed by the class teacher – with individual or small groups.
• Plan and provide appropriate resources reflecting the needs of SEND students in mainstream lessons.
• Support designated students or be responsible for a small group as agreed by the teacher.
• Collate data for targeted students with SEND.
• Use assessment information and data to inform teaching staff of students’ learning goals and preferred learning styles.
• Gather information, as directed, about named students and their current levels for staff.
• Observe and assess individual students’ needs and provide regular feedback and/or guidance to the teacher/SENDCo.
• Agree a behaviour‑management role within the classroom, recording appropriate sleuths and following through sanctions and rewards.
• Work with the mainstream teacher in the review process as appropriate.
• Plan and lead literacy and numeracy tasks to improve access across the curriculum in a planned manner.
• Co‑ordinate and organise students attending extra‑curricular activities.
• Plan and deliver learning activities including enrichment activities during the normal school day and after‑school.
• Support the use and development of ICT within the classroom.
• Take responsibility for developing and delivering individual/small group skill sessions including literacy, numeracy, life skills, SpLD, SRE, SALT, self‑help skills, social stories etc.
• Teach the Foundation Learning cohort in sessions as directed by the SENDCo and Assistant Principal (Curriculum).
• Liaise and report to, as necessary, during visits by support agencies who might be involved in the support of key areas of the curriculum (Educational Psychologist, Speech Therapist, Inclusive Education Service, School Nurse / Doctor etc.).
• Assess, record and report back on student achievement through school assessment procedures.
• Be responsible for a designated area/areas for the development of the Learning Support Faculty e.g. budget, subject area, enrichment.
• Collaborate with colleagues and form effective working partnerships.
• Establish effective working relationships with parents/carers that influence student achievement.
• Be responsible for safeguarding the confidential nature of student/teacher/home issues.
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