Protocol Education are currently recruiting care support workers for a special needs school with young people, aged 3 - 19 who have severe and complex learning difficulties and learners with an additional diagnosis of autism and/or physical/sensory difficulties.
The aim of our school is to provide an inspired and practical learning environment with a focus upon success and the development of citizenship and life skills. This role requires perseverance, confidence and determination as you may need to handle challenging situations strongly, therefore you will need to be prepared. You will need to be flexible, have plenty of enthusiasm, motivation, good communication skills and the ability to work 1-1 or with small groups on specific programmes if required.
The most important part of your role is to create and promote positive outcomes and behaviour. This is improved by clear boundaries and structure, to create emotional stability and physical safety.
Please note due to the current circumstances and schools being temporarily closed, this role will hopefully start in May half-term. However This is Subject to change and could start in September 2020
Responsibilities:
* Managing pupil's behaviour
* Ensuring students engage with lessons, providing academic support and working under the instruction of the class teacher.
* Helping the students with their life skills
For this role, you will have:
* Previous support work within a school or other child related experience.
* Strong behaviour management and confident with challenging behaviour
* Happy to work one to one and small group work
* An enthusiastic and friendly, yet firm approach
Pay is dependent on skills and experience.
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All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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