Inclusion Assistant

Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Diploma / Degree in a related subject with the appropriate SEN / Inclusion qualification.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as SEN / Inclusion Assistant.

Job specific knowledge & skills:

• Previous experience working with students whom English is not their first language.
• Passion for teaching and commitment to educating the whole child.
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children.
• Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities.
• Respect for all members of a school community, irrespective of position, gender, age and ethnic background.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
• A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check.

Main Duties:

• Provide support for individual pupils, within a group context or individually, both inside and outside of the classroom to enable them to fully participate in a range of activities during the school day.
• Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety.
• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils, link to the student’s IEP goals and contribute to the monitoring of their progress and attainment.
• Support the individual pupil/s in relation to their additional support needs e.g., academic, physical, emotional, and behavioural difficulties and help develop their social and communication skills.
• Assist homeroom and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.
• Prepare necessary resources to assist the identified student to access or differentiate the curriculum in order to support learning.
• Promote independence, by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to the student.
• Support the aims of the school, comply with the requirements of health and safety, code of conduct and other relevant legislation and school policies.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Attend training sessions and professionals meetings as required.
• Build a close working relationship with homeroom and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
• Understand other duties from time to time as the principal / Head of Inclusion requires.

Specific Duties:

• Adhere to guidelines of confidentiality respecting that the Head of Inclusion, Homeroom and subject teachers are responsible for formal communications with parents.
• Academic assistance.
• Giving individual instruction as prescribed by the teacher / providing group instruction where appropriate.
• Demonstrating various instructional activities.
• Monitoring work assigned by the teacher checking and correcting individual students’ work in line with school policy, while in progress.
• Keeping individual pupil and peers on task.
• Praising and reinforcing the achievements of pupils/reporting pupil progress to the teacher.
• Prepare materials for the individual as needed, to scaffold their classroom learning.
• Supervising individual pupil/s in the classroom, specialist lessons and other locations.
• Participating in development of behaviour policy / promoting pupils' self-esteem and discipline misbehaviour in line with whole school policy.
• Attend and subsequently deliver intervention for SaLT / OT / ABA therapy to help generalise and consolidate target skills, maximising the impact of therapy.
• Attend ECA/trips and visits.
• Experienced IA may be asked to mentor new IA; new IA may be asked to participate in mentoring.