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5 days a week, term time only, 8.35am- 12.25pm (with a 30-minute unpaid break) and 1.30pm-3.10pm.
This is a fixed term appointment to assist with the care of a specific child for the duration of funds allocated specifically for this purpose.
Main Purpose
To provide 1:1 learning and care support for a pupil with special educational needs (SEN). This will involve working with the teacher to plan and deliver activities and supporting the pupil with routines, transitions, and behaviour management.
This role will include supporting a child new to the school in Key Stage 1 in all main subjects, carrying out 1:1 intervention and supporting a more personalised/bespoke curriculum. This will include a focus on speech and language, early play skills and providing a sensory diet to meet his needs.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Supporting pupils
- Build positive relationships with pupils, promoting high self-esteem and independence
- Adapt communication style to respond to pupils according to their individual needs
- Support pupils with their social, emotional and mental health needs, escalating concerns where appropriate
- Promote high standards of behaviour, responding to incidents in line with the school's behaviour policy and guidelines on physical intervention
- Assist with the development and delivery of individual education and support plans
Teaching and learning
- Contribute to the planning of differentiated learning activities for individual pupils with special educational needs (SEN), delivering activities inside or outside the classroom
- Support the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning
- Use ICT skills to advance pupils' learning
- Through observations, provide regular feedback to teachers on pupil progress, attainment, and barriers to learning
- Support class teachers with maintaining good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
- Monitor, record and report on progress and attainment
- Supervise a class if the teacher is temporarily unavailable
- Contribute to the overall ethos, aims and work of the school
- Working with staff, parents/carers, and relevant professionals
- Share knowledge and understanding of pupils to other school staff and education, health and social care professionals, so that informed decision making can take place on intervention and provision
- Communicate effectively with parents and carers under the direction of teachers
- Contribute to meetings with parents and carers by providing feedback on pupil progress, attainment, and barriers to learning, as directed by teachers
- Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school
- Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues
Other Areas of Responsibility
- Safeguarding
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
- Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school
Please note, this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the postholder will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher or line manager.
Information about the School
St Luke's is at the heart of the village of Tiptree and is easily accessible from the A12 - a short commute from both Colchester and Chelmsford.
St Luke's Church Primary School was founded in 1863 to provide education according to the principles and practices of the Church of England.
Following the reorganisation of many Church of England schools in the 1950's, St Luke's became a controlled school. This means that some of the governing body is drawn from the foundation, representing the Church of England, and the rest is made up of County nominated and other lay people.
The school occupies the site immediately adjacent to St Luke's Church, and this reinforces the feeling of community that we share.
Further information about our school can be found on our website: www.stlukeschool.co.uk