Learning Support Assistant

4 months ago

Wallington, United Kingdom Hackbridge Primary School Full time

**Hackbridge Primary School**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Scale 1C3 (Points 2-6)**

**J OB TITLE: LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT (to include Midday Supervision)**
**(18 hours per week term time only)**

**LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT (to include Midday Supervision)**

**General Information**

**Purpose of Job**

To work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, to ensure access to learning for pupils and to provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. To undertake Playground duties at lunchtime daily under the direction of the Senior Midday Supervisor. This will involve providing supervision on the premises and being involved in encouraging children in purposeful play and social skills activities during the lunchtime break.

**Specific Duties**

**Support for Pupils**

**1. **Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including learning, social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.

**2. **Attend to toileting needs and the clearing up of bodily fluids.

**3. **Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning.

**4. **Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.

**5. **Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.

**6. **Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.

**7. **Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.

**8. **General supervision of children during the lunch period, in the dining hall, playground

(and classrooms, in poor weather).

**9. **Encouragement of purposeful play and social skills activities (if required).

**10. **Supervising children washing hands etc. before eating, as required.

**11. **Ensuring children tidy up/clear up in a satisfactory manner.
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**12. **Checking that children are not playing in toilets, cloakrooms etc.

**Support for Teacher and Other Staff**

**13. **Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards and assist with the display of pupils’ work.

**14. **Be aware of pupil problems/progress/achievement and report to the teacher as agreed.

**15. **Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.

**16. **Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.

**17. **Gather/report information from/to parents/carers as directed.

**18. **Provide clerical/admin support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money etc.

**19. **Working in close co-operation with other school staff, being part of the school team.

**20. **Ensuring that children who are not entitled to leave the school during the midday break remain on site.

**21. **Dealing with children who have been sick, (including cleaning up any mess where necessary, if caretaker is off site for any reason).

**22. **Reporting difficult behaviour to the Senior Midday Supervisor.

**Support for the Curriculum**

**23. **Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses (in line with individual learning/behaviour/personal care programmes and school Provision Mapping).

**24. **Support pupil to understand instructions.

**25. **Support pupils in respect of local and national learning strategies, eg national curriculum, literacy, numeracy, phonics, early reading, as directed by the teacher.

**26. **Prepare and maintain equipment/resources as directed by the teacher and assist pupils in their use.

**Support for the School**

**27. **Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, equal opportunities, behaviour (including Racial Harassment, bullying, school rules), first aid and fire evacuation procedures, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person within school.

**28. **Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.

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**29. **Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.

**30. **Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.

**31. **Attend relevant meetings as required.

**32. **Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.

**33. **Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lessons, including before and after school and at lunchtimes when required.

**34. **Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required.

**35. **Watching for any visitors to the school during the lunch break and enquiring their purpose, giving directions as necessary.

**36. **Dealing with minor first aid p

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