- Category
- Education & Training
- Education
- GCSEs
- Experience
- 1+ years
Salary : £18,973.16 - £21,056.83
Hours : 32.5 Hours Per Week
Weeks: 39 Working Weeks Per Year
Job Purpose
To provide high-quality learning, pastoral and personal care support to students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The role involves supporting learners both in the classroom and with aspects of daily living, including personal care where required, ensuring students can access education safely, comfortably and with dignity.
The Charity is looking for Male LSAs due to our current student cohort and the role requiring a high level of personal and intimate care that can affect an individual’s privacy and decency.
Please note: This role includes supporting students with personal care needs, which may involve assisting with toileting, changing continence products, personal hygiene and mobility support. Full training and ongoing support will be provided.
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
• De-escalate 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.
Other Duties
QAC employees may be expected to undertake designated emergency response duties as part of their role. This includes:
• Receiving appropriate training, instruction and information to carry out emergency procedures safely and effectively.
• Responding to emergency situations in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Supporting the organisation’s compliance with relevant Health and Safety legislation.
