Learning Support Assistant

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to help pupils who need extra help to overcome barriers to learning. You will report to the Deputy Head and work under the supervision of the class teacher, contributing to the school’s vision and Trust values.

Your duties include supporting pupil learning, understanding planned adaptive strategies, and assisting with administrative tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting pupils with learning barriers.
• Ability to interpret planning and adapt strategies for individual pupils.
• Understanding of behaviour as communication to support emotional needs.
• Ability to scaffold and model learning to boost pupil confidence.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils’ learning using specialist knowledge or experience.
• Communicate with the class teacher to understand adaptive strategies for learning.
• Support pupils’ emotional needs through behaviour awareness and communication.
• Scaffold learning to enable tasks completed independently and build self-confidence.
• Assist with records, preparation of resources and admin tasks for the teacher.
• Liaise with parents, carers and staff to promote learning objectives.
• Supervise small groups during short-term teacher absences.

Skills

Pupil support

Communicate with teachers

Behaviour awareness

Independence building

Job description

We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our amazing staff team to support the education of pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning.

Reporting to Deputy Head, you will work under the day to day supervision of the class teacher . We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual who will contribute to and support the overall vision, aims and core values of the school and support the vision of the Trust.

Your core duties will include , but are not limited to:

• Use specialist knowledge or experience to support pupils’ learning.

• Communicate with class teacher to understand the planned adaptive strategies which will support the pupils to access the learning

• Use knowledge/understanding of behaviour as a form of communication to support pupils emotional needs

• Scaffolding and modelling learning so that pupils can complete tasks independently and gain in self-confidence

• Use knowledge/understanding to support sensory needs, facilitating a sensory diet that enables the pupils to be regulated and ready to learn

• Liaising with the Deputy, PE Lead and Sensory Lead to develop sensory activities personal to that child/ren

• Attend to pupils’ personal needs, including social, health, hygiene, first-aid and welfare matters.

• Keeping up to date with relevant documentation and advice from relevant professionals eg speech therapists, EHCP, CAPPS

• Monitor and evaluate pupils’ progress and support in reviewing targets and maintaining records

• Provide administrative support to the assigned teacher, eg. photocopying, typing, filing and record-keeping, preparing resources

• Liaise with parents, carers and professional staff (such as speech therapists) in order to promote the learning objectives of each pupil.

• Use initiative to develop and implement actions that will promote the integration of the pupil with his/her peers.

• Assist with the development and implementation of provision maps, PLP’s and personal care programmes

• From time to time supervise small groups during the short term absence of a teacher (meetings, training, short term illness)