Literacy Intervention Specialist

Carmarthenshire County Council; Brynamman; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Automatic enrolment into the Local GOV

Generous annual leave entitlement with

Access to staff health and wellbeing

Personal development and career growth

Staff discount schemes and other perks

Flexible working and family friendly

Job summary

Carmarthenshire County Council is seeking a Literacy Intervention post holder to deliver targeted programmes that raise reading, writing and vocabulary. You will work with teaching staff to implement activities and adapt support to meet individual pupil needs, while monitoring progress and providing regular feedback.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check and Welsh language fluency (Level 5) with reasonable support to reach this level.

Qualifications

• DBS check is required for this role.
• Welsh language level: fluent (Level 5) with support to reach this level on appointment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support literacy intervention programmes to improve reading, writing and vocabulary.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to implement activities and adapt support to pupil needs.
• Maintain progress records and provide regular feedback to teachers.
• Contribute to school-wide literacy strategies and participate in review meetings.
• Undertake administrative tasks and promote positive pupil behaviour and engagement.

Skills

Literacy interventions

Pupil progress tracking

Collaborative working

Feedback to teachers

Job description

The post holder will deliver and support literacy intervention programmes designed to improve pupils' reading, writing, vocabulary and wider literacy skills. They will work collaboratively with teaching staff to implement agreed learning activities, adapt support to meet individual needs, and evaluate the impact of interventions. Responsibilities include maintaining accurate records of pupil progress, providing regular feedback to teachers, supporting the implementation and evaluation of whole-school literacy strategies, contributing to review meetings, and undertaking administrative tasks associated with intervention delivery. The role also requires the establishment of positive relationships with pupils, the promotion of high standards of behaviour and engagement, participation in professional learning activities, and the completion of other reasonable duties as directed by the school.

An Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be requested for this job. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or adults at risk Welsh language level - verbal Level 5 - You will need to be able to communicate fluently in Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level.

• Competitive salary
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
• Access to staff health and wellbeing support
• Personal development and career progression
• Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies