Behavior Analyst

Graduate Career Solutions; Guildford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Graduate Career Solutions in Guildford is seeking a Learning Support Worker to provide care, teaching, and support in line with learners’ individual learning plans. You will plan and deliver sessions, support participation in activities, and help learners overcome barriers to learning.

It is essential to have a degree and experience with people with disabilities and to show patience, confidentiality and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving License
• Educated to a degree level
• Professional, personal or voluntary experience of working with adults or young people with disabilities
• Interest in special educational needs, specifically autism
• Passionate about helping others learn and develop skills
• A positive, patient, caring and can-do attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team and build good working relationships with learners, parents and staff
• Ability to keep accurate records and reports to track learner progress
• Confidence in maintaining confidentiality and discretion
• Soundly analyses verbal and numerical data
• Contributes to improve work methods, outcomes and team performance
• Adapts to new ideas and initiatives relevant to own area of work
• Manages the workload and completion of tasks by setting timelines and milestones, and involving stakeholders to deliver on time
• Invites and builds upon the ideas of others

Responsibilities

• Provide support, care and teaching identified in learners’ individual learning plans and curriculum
• Plan, prepare and deliver sessions and activities to learners supporting the development of knowledge and skills as outlined in their individualised curriculum
• Provide behaviourally based support and reduce behaviours that cause barriers to learning and quality of life
• Support learners’ participation in social, leisure and educational activities within the local community, applying theory-based learning to practice
• Facilitate and support learners in decision making, promoting choice and involvement giving full regard to initiatives aimed at promoting individual empowerment
• Collect, record and analyse data on learners’ progress, ensuring learning support and care is appropriate and effective, making changes where needed
• Once trained, administer medication in accordance with company policies and procedures, and ensure that medical emergencies are dealt with appropriately
• Participate in relevant training to achieve required qualifications and attend mandatory training days/ courses, on- or off-site, as and when required

Skills

Driving Licence

Degree

Disability experience

Autism interest

Patience

Teamwork

Record-keeping

Confidentiality

Data analysis

Workload management

Idea sharing

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Provide the support, care and teaching identified in learners’ individual learning plans and curriculum

Plan, prepare and deliver sessions and activities to learners supporting the development of knowledge and skills as outlined in their individualised curriculum

Provide behaviourally based support and reduce behaviours that cause barriers to learning and quality of life

Support learners’ participation in social, leisure and educational activities within the local community, applying theory-based learning to practice

Facilitate and support learners in decision making, promoting choice and involvement giving full regard to initiatives aimed at promoting individual empowerment

Collect, record and analyse data on learners’ progress, ensuring learning support and care is appropriate and effective, making changes where needed

Once trained, administer medication in accordance with company policies and procedures, and ensure that medical emergencies are dealt with appropriately

Participate in relevant training to achieve required qualifications and attend mandatory training days/ courses, on- or off-site, as and when required

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Full UK Driving License
• Educated to a degree level
• Professional, personal or voluntary experience of working with adults or young people with disabilities
• Interest in special educational needs, specifically autism
• Passionate about helping others learn and develop skills
• A positive, patient, caring and can-do attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team and build good working relationships with learners, parents and staff
• Ability to keep accurate records and reports to track learner progress
• Confidence in maintaining confidentiality and discretion
• Soundly analyses verbal and numerical data
• Contributes to improve work methods, outcomes and team performance
• Adapts to new ideas and initiatives relevant to own area of work
• Manages the workload and completion of tasks by setting timelines and milestones, and involving stakeholders to deliver on time
• Invites and builds upon the ideas of others

Building relationships

• Follows-up with learners during and after the delivery of services to ensure that their needs have been met
• Ensures service is provided to learners during critical periods
• Prioritises learners’ issues and address them accordingly
• Understands the reason behind, or motivation for someone’s actions
• Recognises what is and is not acceptable/possible at certain times given the Organisational rules, structures, decision-making bodies, power relationships, Code of Conduct and values

Please note: This role is also known as Learning Support Worker

THE POST HOLDER WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE (DBS) CHECK