Learning Support Professional

1 week ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Queen Alexandra Charity Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Learning Support Professional

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Learning Support Professional to join our team at Queen Alexandra Charity. As a Learning Support Professional, you will play a vital role in supporting students with special educational needs to achieve their goals and reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Learning Support:
    • Recognize and record progress of students against their targets
    • Understand curriculum areas and broad course objectives, including techniques used to evidence progress
    • Participate in team meetings
    • Adopt an adaptable approach to different learning styles of our students
    • Understand disability theory and implement it practically to engage students in learning
    • Adapt communication styles to develop a positive and constructive learning environment
    • Liaise and implement strategies from specialists (IT/SLT/Physio)
    • Support communication through the development of your own skills in communication methods (PECs/Makaton/BSL)
    • Support tutors to ensure the classroom environment is suitable for students' sensory or support needs
    • Support tutors in creating and preparing differentiated resources
  • Personal Tutoring:
    • Undertake tutorials with assigned students on a regular basis
    • Agree with assigned students on a range of targets and review them regularly
    • Attend and participate in annual and transitions reviews for students
  • Social and Emotional Support:
    • Recognize the social and emotional needs of our students and adapt support accordingly
    • Contribute to the development and updating of Positive Support Plans and Risk Assessments
    • De-escalate behavior that challenges in line with the positive behavior support plan, utilizing all training and MAPA techniques where applicable
    • Undertake preventative work to reduce the likelihood of behavior that challenges
  • Break and Lunch Support:
    • Support students during unstructured time to ensure ratios and safety are addressed
    • Support students to engage with peers or chosen activities
    • Lead and support students during club/directed study or enrichment activities, sharing knowledge where applicable
  • Personal Care:
    • Support students with a range of hygiene needs, including feeding, toileting, and changing clothes
    • Ensure personal care needs are met in line with care plans and performed with respect and dignity
    • Support students to access the full campus and activities, which may require pushing wheelchairs/guiding wheelchairs/sighted guiding students
  • General:
    • Use technology to access information on students to ensure their support needs are met
    • Ability to communicate with external professionals, families, and careers, where directed to support students
    • Participate in personal education, including mandatory and skills development training
    • Actively engage with peer mentoring for yourself, along with new and existing colleagues
    • Support students to access activities in the community to develop their independence

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