Teaching Assistant

Graduate Career Solutions; Guildford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Graduate Career Solutions is seeking a Learning Support Worker to provide tailored support, care and teaching in learners’ individual plans. You will plan and deliver sessions, foster independence, and support social and educational participation.

The role requires a degree, passion for helping learners with disabilities, and the ability to maintain accurate records. DBS check will be required; training and development are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level.
• Experience with adults or young people with disabilities.
• Interest in special educational needs, specifically autism.
• Passionate about helping others learn and develop skills.
• Positive, patient, caring and can-do attitude.
• Ability to work as part of a team and build good relationships with learners, parents and staff.
• Ability to keep accurate records and reports to track learner progress.
• Confidence in maintaining confidentiality and discretion.
• Analyses verbal and numerical data.
• Contributes to improve methods, outcomes and team performance.
• Adapts to new ideas and initiatives relevant to own area of work.
• Manages workload and completion of tasks by setting timelines and involving stakeholders.
• 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 development of knowledge and skills as outlined in their individualized curriculum.
• Provide behaviourally based support and reduce behaviours that impede 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.
• Please note: This role is also known as Learning Support Worker.
• Participate in relevant training to achieve required qualifications and attend mandatory training days/ courses, on- or off-site, as required.
• 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 addresses them accordingly.
• Understands motivations for actions; adheres to Organisational rules and Code of Conduct.
• Keeps confidentiality and discretion at all times.
• DBS enhanced disclosure required.

Skills

Disability experience

Team player

Learner support

Confidentiality

Data analysis

Record keeping

Adaptability

Communication

Empowerment of learners

Problem solving

Initiative

Planning & time management

Education

Degree level

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

• 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