Send House Liaison

**PAIGNTON ACADEMY**

**BAY EDUCATION TRUST**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**SEND House Liaison**

To help better identify the SEND needs of students and improve the SEND offer by ensuring clear, consistent and supportive lines of communication are developed between the school, home and external stakeholders.
The house liaison will also be responsible for streamlining communication and requests for support between the SEND department and with teaching staff.

Each house liaison role will be aligned to two of the existing Houses within the academy. The House structure is already well established and familiar to our parents and carers, and consequently the SEND House Liaison

**Purpose**:will become the first point of contact for SEND queries or concerns from both parents and carers, and PA staff.

House Liaison will be a key link between the SEND department and the House teams, and will be a critical role to improving the outcomes of PA SEND students.

**Reporting to**:Lead SENCO and Head of Learning Support

House Teams, Alternative Curriculum Lead and HLTA’s, SENCo, Parents/Carers, External Agencies, Teaching
**Liaising with**:
Staff, Other Professionals as required

**Working time**:32 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

**Salary/grade**:Grade F Point Range 12-17.

**Disclosure**
Enhanced

**level**
- Supporting teaching and learning of SEND pupils by ensuring that access to bespoke interventions are implemented to help them achieve their expected levels of progress.

**Support ** **Liaising with staff to review the progress of SEND pupils, including lesson observations to identify areas**

**teachers by**:of need and strategies to employ in their support.
- Providing objective and accurate feedback and reports as required on student achievement, progress and other matters to the Lead SENCO/Head of SEND
- Confidently using the Graduated Response Toolkit to help support students and provide targeted and specialist intervention
- To attend and actively contribute to student meetings to ensure that students of concern are identified early and appropriate intervention put in place

**Support ** **Ensuring all barriers to learning are identified and removed for SEND studentsstudents by**:
Access and make yourself familiar with students SEND information and Education, Health and CarePlans, supporting them in meeting their objectives and targets
- Attend planning, statement review and multi-agency meetings
- Serving as a key contact / trusted adult for students with SEND
- Undertaking termly SEND Support Reviews with staff, parents, carers and pupils, inputting into and reviewing SEND one-page profiles and targets.
- Working with two House teams and teaching staff, to identify appropriate students for SEND

**Support the **intervention and support, and to address the four main areas of need outlined in the SEND Code of

**Learning **Practice 2015

**Support Team ** *To accurately record student intervention and support strategies using provision mapping
*by: Liaising with outside agencies such as the Educational Psychologist or Local Authority, as directed by the SENCO
- Termly monitoring of the impact of interventions delivered, following the graduated approach outlined in the SEND Code of Practice 2015
- Keeping accurate records for students with SEND in the academy including pupil profile information on

Provision Map.
- Supporting with the administration of reading, spelling and colour tests.
- Continuing personal development in the relevant areas, committing to improve own practice through self-evaluation and awareness.
- Assisting with aspects of assessment and testing of students for access arrangements, liaising with the

Access Arrangements Co-ordinator.
- Complying with the Learning Support Faculty appraisal system, and taking part in the school’s staff development programme.
- Supporting when asked to act as scribe/reader or other role for internal/external exams as directed by the Head of Learning Support
- Attending non-pupil days/evenings as directed by the Principal
- Being aware of and complying with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

**Support the school by**: **Undertaking a 20-minute break or lunchtime site supervision duty three times per week as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.**
- Being aware of and supporting differences and cultural diversity, ensuring all students have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Contributing to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Establishing constructive relationships and communicating with other agencies and professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of students.
- Recognising own strengths and areas of expertise and using these to support others.
- Carrying out any other reasonable tasks as directed by the Principal or your Line Manager.
- To support parents w