Specific Responsibilities:

1. Liaise with Teachers, Student Managers, Learning Assistants and the Attendance Manager regarding student issues, developing and implementing strategies for individual vulnerable students
2. To apply for external funding to support students whose levels of need match appropriate descriptors
3. To formulate individual plans and provision maps including their implementation and review to support vulnerable students.
4. To work alongside the SENCO within the Garibaldi Family to ensure the effective allocation of Additional Funding
5. When required to convene and chair reviews, case conferences and meetings effectively
6. As required to conduct home visits as part of the support for vulnerable students
7. To take a lead in coordinating the schools response to investigative questionnaires and documents for example Conner’s questionnaires or getting to know me forms.
8. To support vulnerable learners transition successful to post 16 placements
9. To deliver interventions at KS4 & KS3 with a particular focus on Maths.
10. To take a lead in sharing teaching and learning strategies within the Student Support department and across the whole school.
11. Monitoring individual student’s needs and reporting these to the appropriate members of the teaching staff for example the SENCO, Student Manager, Mentor, Subject teacher
12. Work in partnership with the specialist learning assistants to run and organise a daily breakfast club promoting high levels of attendance and a positive start to the day for vulnerable students. This will be an 8 am start Monday – Friday.
13. Attend relevant KS3 & 4 parent evenings

Generic Duties:

6. Develop, prepare, deliver and assess a personalised curriculum to meet a range of individual needs to address literacy, numeracy and social skills
7. Work as a team member to ensure students receive a high quality provision
8. Respond to current school initiatives
9. Respond to and complete assessment procedures, monitoring, report writing
10. Create and maintain a high quality learning environment by:
1. Issuing rewards and sanctions
2. Devising and making resources appropriate to the needs of individual students in order to assist learning
3. Apply the Behaviour & Attendance policy in line with school procedure
11. Involvement in extracurricular activities
12. Provide support in exams by acting as a Reader/Scribe as necessary
13. Undertaking activities with individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and educational development
14. Plan and deliver work programmes for individual students with specific needs
15. Working to establish a supportive relationship with the students and parents concerned
16. Use data effectively to inform planning
17. Be a key worker for identified students
18. Liaise effectively with appropriate outside agencies
19. Assist the SENCO in the day to day running of the Student Support Department and deputise for the SENCO at multi agency/review meetings when appropriate
20. Provide lunch/break supervision for vulnerable students
21. Manual handling of identified students including personal care and ability to undertake manual handling

General responsibilities:

1. Liaising and promoting positive relationships with parents/carers and outside agencies regarding student progress and welfare issues
2. Being aware of and promoting the school’s policies and procedures
3. Being aware of the confidential issues linked to home/student/teacher/school work and to keep confidences as appropriate
4. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact with during the course of your duties and responsibilities.  Your conduct must at all times in in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures.
5. To report any causes for concern relating to the welfare and safety of children to the designated person and the Head Teacher or if unavailable the designated safeguarding governor or a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
6. To attend safeguarding training as required by the school and maintain your knowledge and understanding of your responsibility for safeguarding children in this school.
7. To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their activities and where appropriate, safeguarding the health and safety of persons under their control and guidance in accordance with the provision of Health and Safety legislation.