Responsible to: SENCO
Objectives of the post:
To provide essential support to pupils who need additional help accessing learning, social and emotional support as well as getting pupils into school.
Key responsibilities:
1. Supporting students
* Work flexibility to ensure pupils with an EHCP receive the support they require.
* Provide in-class support, working alongside teachers to determine how to best enable girls to make progress.
* Plan and deliver 1:1 or small group interventions to develop girls’ literacy, numeracy or social skills (ELSA qualification would be useful)
* Act as a point of contact for parents of key pupils.
* Support key pupils along with the SENCO to come into school.
* Work with pupils to help them understand how they learn best and communicate this to other staff through the creation of one-page profiles.
* Monitor pupil responses to learning activities and accurately record achievements and progress as directed.
* Support pupils who require access arrangements for internal and public examinations e.g. acting as a reader or scribe.
* Promote good pupil behaviour, deal promptly with conflict and minor incidents in accordance with established policies.
2. Supporting the SENCO:
* To assist in the development, implementation, and review of individual Student Support Plans.
* To assist with administrative tasks when appropriate.
* To contribute to the evaluation of support programmes by providing regular feedback about students to the pastoral team.
* To contribute, where appropriate, to reviews of students’ EHCPs.
* Administering screening tools to identify SEND needs in pupils.
3. Supporting the School more broadly:
* To liaise, advise and consult with all staff when necessary.
* To work collaboratively with teaching staff and assist teachers in ensuring quality first teaching is in place.
* Act as an invigilator for internal and external exams.
* Contribute to the maintenance of a caring and stimulating environment for young people.
* Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies.
Carry out other associated duties as are reasonably assigned by the Head or other appropriate senior members of staff.