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Advisory Teacher - Autism Advisory and Intervention Service - 2 posts, Tyrone
Client: Education Authority
Location: Tyrone
Job Category: Education
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: c65d6d2dfafe
Job Views: 5
Posted: 11.02.2025
Expiry Date: 28.03.2025
Job Description:
JOB PURPOSE
The Advisory Teacher will work within the Education Authority Autism Advisory and Intervention Service (AAIS). The role of the AAIS Advisory Teacher is to deliver training, offer advice and support to school staff and parents/carers, and work directly with autistic children and young people. This may involve working with school staff and pupils in preschool, nursery, primary, and post-primary settings, within mainstream, specialist settings attached to mainstream, and Special Schools. The Advisory Teacher will liaise with other EA Officers and with other professionals in other agencies.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As detailed on the Teachers’ (Terms and Conditions of Service) Regulations (NI) 1987. In addition to teaching duties, the successful applicant will be required to:
1. Advise and support staff working in schools, nurseries, and preschool settings
o Provide advice to schools to facilitate school staff addressing the particular learning, social, communication, and developmental needs of Autistic pupils;
o Work closely with class teachers, Special Needs Co-ordinators (SENCos), and Learning Support teachers in schools to develop effective strategies and interventions in relation to individual or groups of pupils;
o Encourage a co-ordinated approach in addressing a pupil’s learning, social, communication, and developmental needs.
2. Contribute to the implementation of a range of interventions
o Devise and assist the implementation of an individualised learning programme for autistic children and young people;
o Facilitate the delivery of a range of interventions that are deemed to be appropriate to meet the needs of the individual pupil. These may include TEACCH, PECS, behavioural interventions based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), and Positive Behaviour Support and Social Learning approaches.
3. Work directly with selected individual pupils
o Contribute to blocks of intervention with pupils who require more specific support in addition to the advice and support provided to the school staff;
o Monitor, assess, and review a pupil’s progress and the appropriateness of provision and provide reports at regular intervals.
4. Develop Autistic Specific Training Programmes
o Contribute to the development and delivery of training courses for Teachers, classroom assistants, Learning Support Assistants, other school-based staff, parents/carers, and for other professionals. This may also involve working with other EA Officers with expertise in the area of Special Educational Needs.
5. Promote Parental Involvement
o Liaise with the pupil’s parents/carers to encourage their involvement and to offer advice and support as to how they might support their child at home;
o Encourage liaison between home and school to maximise consistency in relation to the effective strategies that are being implemented to meet the needs of the pupil.
6. Provide Advice to the Education Authority
o By writing educational advice in respect of pupils with Special Educational Needs under the terms of the Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986.
7. Liaise with other Agencies
o Promote a co-ordinated approach in the assessment and identification of a pupil’s learning, social, communication, and developmental needs;
o Engage in multi-disciplinary meetings, as appropriate, to meet the needs of individual pupils.
8. Be involved with Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
o Keep informed of current approaches, teaching strategies, and resources relevant to teaching Autistic children and young people so that appropriate interventions can be applied in school contexts.
9. Complete Other Duties
o Undertake any other related duties as required by the Education Authority.
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