Education Healthcare Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an enthusiastic Educational Healthcare Assistant to support children with moderate to profound learning difficulties. This role involves providing comprehensive assistance with educational, health, and personal care needs, ensuring a nurturing environment for students. The successful candidate will implement targeted interventions and collaborate closely with teaching staff to foster holistic development. With a commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare, this position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of children. If you are passionate about education and care, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Free online safeguarding training

Possibility of permanent position

Comprehensive support for personal care needs

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting children with learning difficulties.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement behavior modification interventions for students.
• Provide emotional support and facilitate learning.
• Collaborate with staff to support students' needs.

Skills

Emotional and behavioral support

Behavior modification interventions

Holistic progress facilitation

Collaboration with teaching staff

Punctuality and attendance improvement

Education

Enhanced Child Workforce DBS

Eligibility to work in the UK

Job description

Job Description:

Position: Full-time

Start Date: ASAP

Pay: £90 - £100 per day (depending on experience and qualifications)

Supporting: Children with Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), and Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Educational Healthcare Assistant to join a reputable school in Barnet. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive support for education, health, medical, physical, and personal care needs, following agreed Education and Health Care Plans. This role involves attending to pupils' personal needs, including toileting, hygiene, dressing, and feeding, as well as offering physical assistance during activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement behavior modification interventions based on issues raised by pastoral staff and/or subject teachers, with a focus on students with emotional or mental health needs.
• Provide emotional and behavioral support to individuals and small groups, utilizing a variety of intervention strategies to facilitate holistic progress.
• Deliver targeted intervention programs, such as mental and emotional health, self-esteem, anger management, and self-awareness, to both groups and individuals.
• Collaborate with the SENCO, teaching staff, and senior leadership to implement agreed interventions and programs of work.
• Assist students in improving punctuality, attendance, and support their return to school following prolonged absences.
• Work with students individually or in groups, using information provided by the Head of Year regarding behavioral issues, academic levels, and reasons for referral.
• Foster a calm, productive learning environment with minimal disruption, while assertively and fairly enforcing school expectations.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Enhanced Child Workforce DBS on the Update Service.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position, with the possibility of becoming permanent later.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, which may include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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