Learning Support Assistant - Harborne, United Kingdom - Queen Alexandra College

Queen Alexandra College

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Harborne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Description:

To promote independence for our students through learning and enabling support.

Working Pattern: 32.5 Hours, 39 weeks, Term Time Only

Permanent Contract

Key Responsibilities:

Learning

Recognising & Recording progress of students against their targets
Understand Curriculum area and broad course objectives including the techniques utilised to evidence progress (such as photographs, videos, and witness statements).
Participate in team meetings
Adaptable approach to different learning styles of our students
Understand disability theory & practical implementation of this to engage students in learning
Adapt styles of communication 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 Tutor in the creation and preparation of differentiated resources.

Personal Tutoring

Undertake tutorials with your assigned students on a regularly directed basis.
Agree with your assigned students, a range of targets and review these regularly.
Attend and participate in the annual and transitions reviews for your students

Social & Emotional Support

Recognise the social and emotional needs of our students and adapt your support in line with the agreed strategies to support positive improvements
Contribute to the development and updating of Positive Support Plans and Risk Assessments
Deescalate behaviour that challenges in line with the positive behaviour support plan, utilising all training and MAPA techniques where applicable.
Undertake preventative work to reduce the likelihood of behaviour that challenges.

Break & Lunch Support

During unstructured time, support students to ensure ratios and safety are addressed at all times.
Support the students to engage with their peers or chosen activities.
Lead and support students during club/ directed study or enrichment activities, sharing your knowledge where applicable.

Personal Care

Support students with a range of hygiene needs, including feeding, toileting and changing clothes.
Ensure the personal care needs are met in line with care plan and performed with respect and dignity.
Support students to access the full campus and activities, which may require you to push wheelchairs/ guide wheelchairs/ sighted guide students.

General

Use technology to access information on students to ensure their support needs are met.
Ability to talk to 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.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Essential

Level
English & Maths (equivalent)
Experience of working effectively with young adults with barriers to learning
Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
Good IT skills, including word processing, Excel and Microsoft Programmes
Ability to communicate effectively with young adults with barriers to learning, including those who may present behaviours that challenge
To have previous experience of SEN learners with moderate to severe learning difficulties and be able to provide the associated curriculum, approaches and strategies.
Ability to communicate effectively with staff, parents, carers, and other external contacts, at all levels, using a variety of media.
To be able to demonstrate learning strategies as appropriate to people with visual impairment and autism and/ or complex disabilities.
To be familiar with communication methods and access technology as appropriate to learners with visual impairment and other disabilities

How to apply:

personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to

review the job description above.

Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school,

including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in

employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you

believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and

person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by

the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.

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