Job Description
Principal Duties:
Help to keep children safe by:
- Preparing and maintaining a safe and hygienic environment
- Dealing with accidents, emergencies and illnesses
- Supporting the safeguarding of children
- Encouraging children’s positive behaviour
Provide support for learning activities by:
- Supporting the teacher in planning learning activities
- Supporting the delivery of learning activities
- Supporting the teacher in the evaluation of learning activities
Support the children’s development by:
- Contributing to the development of children physically, emotionally and socially and the associated skills
- Contributing to children’s communication and the intellectual development
Provide effective support for your colleagues by:
- Maintaining working relationships with colleagues
- Developing your effectiveness in a support role
Support children’s play and learning by:
- Encouraging and supporting children to be creative in physical play
- Offering a range of play opportunities to children
- Supporting children’s rights and choices in play
Support a child with disabilities or special educational needs by:
- Providing care and encouragement and supporting personal hygiene needs
- Providing support to help the child to participate in activities and experiences
Contribute to the moving and handling of children with mobility difficulties by:
- Preparing children, environments and equipment for moving and handling
- Enabling children to move from one position to another
Provide displays by:
- Setting up, maintaining and dismantling displays
Promote behaviour by:
- Implementing agreed behaviour management strategies
- Supporting pupils in taking responsibility for their learning and behaviour
Personal Qualities :
- The ability to recognise and respect the contribution that parents and carers can make to the development and wellbeing of children and young people
- A commitment to collaborative and co-operative working with colleagues
- The ability to organise and manage learning activities in ways which keep children safe
- Evidence of commitment to professional development
- The ability to actively encourage and motivate children to advance their learning
Skills Required :
- Understanding of and willingness to use basic technology, eg: computer, photocopier, whiteboard
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment
- Have an understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities
- Ability to build effective working relationships with all pupils and colleagues
- Ability to work within the schools ethos and provide a positive role mode
- Have ability to provide clerical/admin support to the Teacher/Department
Future Prospects :
Progression potentially offered to the correct candidate.
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