Specialist Learning Support Assistant - Egremont, United Kingdom - Changing Lives Learning Trust

Changing Lives Learning Trust

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Egremont, United Kingdom

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JOB PROFILE

POST TITLE:
Specialist Learning Support Assistant (Social, Emotional and

Mental Health)

JOB PURPOSE To provide support and guidance to students by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and help students to achieve their full potential.

To share expert specialist knowledge on Social, Emotional and Mental
Health needs across the academy.

GRADE:
Band D

RESPONSIBLE TO:
Inclusion Manager

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Principal Accountabilities

Ensure all students with identified SEMH needs make good progress and academically do well at the academy
Ensure all students with identified SEMH needs attend the academy well
Initiate and lead Early Helps where needed for students with identified SEMH needs
Coordinate a community of practitioners within SEMH across the academy
Enable the sharing of best practice and training across the relevant community of practice for SEMH
Share specialist information that enhances teaching provision in order to support learning, participation and encourage social inclusion
Work within an extended range of networks and partnerships to provide support and learning opportunities to identified students with SEMH needs and improve the quality of services to students

Leading SEND practice

Actively seek and take opportunities to develop knowledge and understanding of designated specialist area
Ensure specialist knowledge is shared across the academy
Coordinate termly meetings of community of practice
Coordinate the sharing of best practice across settings within the academy, seeking opportunities for staff to learn from one another
Act as a critical friend to other pastoral staff members within the academy

Supporting students

Assess the SEMH needs of students and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students' learning
Establish productive working relationships with individual and groups of students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom
Assist students to make a successful transfer between educational establishments and transition at key stages in their learning, contributing to the comprehensive assessment of students when they join the academy
Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self

- reliance

Provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement
Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required on student achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence and contributing to the comprehensive assessment and review of students' progress and achievements over time
Establish and developing effective onetoone mentoring and other supportive relationships with students with SEMH needs
Contribute to the identification of barriers to learning for individual students and provide them with a range of strategies for overcoming the barriers
Develop, agree and implement behaviour support plans time bound action plans with groups and individual students and those involved with them based on a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and needs
Work within the behaviour policy and procedures to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting selfcontrol and independence
Encourage students to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all students in activities
Assist in the identification of early signs of disengagement and contributing to specific interventions to encourage reengagement
Within an agreed system of supervision, plan targeted teaching and learning programmes to evaluate and adjust plans as appropriate
Use ICT, including iPads, effectively to support learning activities and develop students' competence and independence in its use
Develop and maintain appropriate contact with the parents/carers of students and support the role of parents/carers in student's learning
Facilitate access to specialist support services for students with barriers to learning
Negotiate, establish and maintain effective working partnerships with other agencies and individuals in order to address needs and help remove barriers to learning for students
Contribute to the identification and sharing of good practice between individuals and partner agencies to enhance provision
Contribute to the development of policies and practices which will promote social inclusion, engagement and educational achievement
Operate within agreed legal, ethical and professional boundaries when working with students and those involved with them

Opportunities for Development & Progression
Staff development is of central importance to WLMAT. We actively seek opportunities to train and develop our staff - changing their lives through learning as much as we change those