Post number: / Division:
Grade:6 / Section/team:
Lincoln Gardens Primary
Overall purpose of job:
- To provide support and guidance to children and those engaged with them, by overcoming barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and achieve their potential. To provide support to the SENDco & Inclusion Manager
Post holders will be expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties, which reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
Main responsibilities:
- Provide and develop a complementary service to existing school staff and to others providing services outside school and target help at those who are most in need to effectively support all vulnerable groups of children and their families within the school.
- Supporting learning, participation and social inclusion. Participating in the comprehensive assessment of pupils, with school staff, internal North Lincolnshire Council departments and external agencies as appropriate to identify those in need of extra help to overcome barriers to learning
- Working in Partnerships to maintain regular contact with families and carers of children receiving support and to encourage family involvement in pupils’ learning and lead on additional support where it is needed.
- Liaise with school staff, EIO service and other agencies to work with children (and their families) who are at risk of persistent absence.
- Oversee nurture provision with the Learning Support team by establishing a clear accountability threshold for entry into and exit from the provision.
- Maintaining Professional Competencies
- Supporting the SENDco with all administrative functions, processes and systems associated with the effective and efficient recording and monitoring of pupils identified as in need of support.
- Support the timely, secure and effective transfer of information between schools, agencies and services; ensuring pupil records are maintained accurately.
Knowledge, skill and experience:
- Detailed knowledge of child protection and safeguarding
- Knowledge of SEND and the SEND code of practice
- Ability to recognise and take appropriate action in safeguarding processes and child protection issues
- Ability to facilitate groups in an inclusive and empowering way
- Detailed knowledge of intervention and behaviour strategies in order to design individual pupil support plans that will motivate, challenge and empower further learning
- Ability to implement support strategies for pupils with cause for concern
- Experience of working with children at risk of underachieving and/or disaffected children
- Ability to communicate effectively with parents and recognise the need to empower families
- Detailed knowledge of and compliance with the school code of conduct.
- A good understanding of any relevant current legislation and regulations including the Equality Act
- Excellent communication/interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
- Effective and confident use of IT across a range of applications
- Be able to plan effectively, work to deadlines, prioritise needs
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently
- Ability to display a range of mentoring skills including:- active listening, empathy, helpful questioning techniques
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent negotiating skills
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Creativity and innovation:
- The post holder will be regularly responsible for devising and delivering a range of imaginative and innovative approaches to engaging pupils showing early signs of disengagement
- Monitors and is responsive to pupils learning and behaviour at all times by making adjustments to supervised activities
- Flexibility in meeting the ever changing needs of children and their families
- Planning individual and group support programmes that will motivate challenge and empower pupils
- Write Personal Support Plans will require a strategic overview of contributing factors.
- Engage staff parents and external agencies in learning and behaviour programmes and deals with any issues arising
Contacts and relationships:
Leadership Group of the School
Sharing of information and receiving guidance on appropriate pupil targets, assessing pupil progress and the effectiveness of the support in place
Contributing to the assessment of pupils entering or returning to school and the review of their progress and achievements
Attendance at a variety of meetings linked in to supporting pupils
External Agencies
Working in partnership with external agencies and individuals in order to address needs and help remove barriers to learning for pupils
Contacts between agencies where a multi agency approach is required for a targeted student eg Education Social Welfare Service, Social care and health, Community health etc so that the needs of the pupils are met in a focused and integrated way.
Participate in pupil reviews and the provision of progress information as appropriate, and implements joint recommendations
Pupils
Enables access to planned curriculum and meets personal and social needs
Supports the pupils in managing the transition process
Respond to the needs of pupils who have experienced trauma –Refer forounselling as required
Parents/Careers
Act as a link between the school and parents
Shares information about pupils progress
Liaison with and supports parents with regard to SEND/behaviour, child welfare, and child protection issues
Advising parents on behaviour strategies and parenting skills by running group sessions and workshops
Decision making:
Under the direction of the SENDco, the post holder determines individual pupil support plans
To assess possible reasons for disengagement and compile a comprehensive profile that takes into account social emotional and educational needs
To help plan and support the reintegration of pupils after isolation, extended absence or exclusion
Produce detailed written reports of pupils development and progress
To observe and monitor pupil progress, recording, maintaining records and producing detailed written reports of pupils development and progress
To contribute to the assessment of pupils entering or returning to school and the review of their progress and achievements
Manages the transition process for the older pupils
Responsibility for resources:
Not applicable
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work demands:
The post holder will be need to organise their own work around the changing demands of the week, prioritising as necessary, whilst ensuring that the aims and objectives of the programmes of learning are achieved within set time scales
Attendance at some multi agency meetings will be at short notice
Physical demands:
Normal
Working conditions:
Normal
Work context:
At risk of verbal abuse and physical harm from a minority of students, parents
At risk of infection when dealing with children who are unwell or infected.
Position in organisation:
Indicate how many staff the post is directly accountable for:
Please indicate which post(s) ______
HEAD TEACHER
SENDCo & INCLUSION MANAGER
INCLUSION ASSISTANT
The post is subject to:
Disclosure of convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exemption) Act 1974 Yes□ No □
Political restriction Yes □ No□
Employee:
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Manager: (signed) / (print) / Date:
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