Teaching Assistant

4 days ago

Pontefract, United Kingdom HIGH WELL SCHOOL Full time

Job Specification

**Job Title: Teaching Assistant** (Special Schools) High Well School

**Grade**: G5 **Job Evaluation Code**:GS5535

**Reporting to: Manager’s Grade**:
Supervision Activities Relating to

Teaching and Learning
- Classroom Teacher

Line Management
- Headteacher/Higher Level
Teaching Assistant

**Location**:High Well School, Pontefract

**Service Area: Service Directorate**:
Schools and Lifelong Learning Children & Young People

**Workstyle**: Work place based

**Overall Purpose of the Post**:
Under the direction and supervision of a Teacher or Line Manager (e.g. Higher Level Teaching
Assistant) to provide particular support for individual pupils or group of pupils with special educational needs ensuring their safety and access to learning activities and to support their integration into mainstream education as appropriate.

**Person Specification - Requirements for the post**
**Teaching Assistant**

**Essential Desirable**

**Qualifications/ **Qualified or willing to work towards Supporting Pupils with S.E.N.
**Training **Support Work in Schools (S.W.I.S.) 2 or 3

Level 2
Or
Level 2 Numeracy/ Literacy

Supporting Teaching and
Learning in Schools Level 3

**Knowledge **Appropriate knowledge of first aid Use of Technology e.g. ICT.

Child Protection issues

Health, Safety & Security issues.

Data Protection issues

**Experience **Working or caring for children in a SEN experience
school environment.

**Physical Skills **Effective use of resources

**Competencies and **The ability to relate well with children **other skills required **with special educational needs

The ability to work with adults.

The ability to work as a member of a team.

**Key Outcomes/ Activities**
- To undertake duties in accordance with school practices and procedure, ensuring the post
- holder actively upholds and promotes the ethos of the school.
- To assist with the personal needs of pupils including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters. This includes toilet training, feeding and positioning.
- To carry out medical procedures including administering medication. (These duties are to be undertaken following appropriate training).
- To assist with the preparation of the classroom as directed for breakfast time and lessons, including upkeep of resources and to clear afterwards.
- To contribute in the presentation of pupils’ work and maintenance of display areas.
- To provide general support with learning activities to the whole class (e.g. literacy, numeracy, KS3, early years) to enable pupils to understand instructions and to ensure they remain on task.
- To work under the direction of the Teacher on a 1:1 or small group basis on pre-planned activities, to re
- inforce the Teacher’s approach.
- To work under the direction of the Teacher ensuring that pupil progress, achievements and incidents are clearly recorded on relevant systems in accordance with school policy.
- Under the direction of the Teacher promote the school’s expectations, dealing promptly with breaches/incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own actions.
- As required to use de-escalation strategies to support pupils to manage their behaviour at times of crisis and where necessary be involved in the use of physical intervention as per Team Teach training.
- To assist the Teacher or the line manager by contributing as directed to pupils’ All About Me Profiles,

Risk Assessments and EHCPs.
- To provide or gather routine information to or from parents/carers under the direction of the Class

Teacher or line manager.
- To assist pupils in using and selecting resources e.g. ICT, reading books and any other resources relevant to support learning.
- To assist with the supervision of pupils outside of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtimes. These duties shall be undertaken within the post-holder’s contractual hours.
- To participate in school visits, assisting with activities as required.
- To undertake routine clerical duties including bulk photocopying, laminating and upkeep of resources.

**Lessons**:

- Support, encourage and challenge pupil’s independence in lessons.
- Support preparation of equipment and resources before lessons.
- Ensure that equipment is properly cleaned and maintained.
- Follow all guidance of the class teacher and adhere to relevant policies.
- Ensure students EHCP and Risk Assessments are kept up to date.

Other duties commensurate with the grade of the post as directed by the Head Teacher and in line with school policies and procedures.

**The duties and responsibilities highlighted in this Job Specification are indicative and may vary**

**over time. Post holders are expected to undertake other duties and responsibilities relevant to the nature, level and scope of the post and the grade has been established on this basis.**

**Responsibility for Resources**

**Employees (Supervision)**:
None

**Financial**:
No

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