Reports to: SENCO

Purpose of Role

To provide support to individual pupils, and groups of pupils, to encourage improvements in behaviour for learning. Provide access to curriculum enhancements designed to promote pupil engagement and improve behaviour, with an emphasis on outdoor activities, including sporting activities but not exclusively. 

Key Elements of the role

• Supporting learning in the classroom, or via small group support, when required.
• Under advice from senior staff, devising programmes of support for pupils, either through group work or individual support.
• Supporting pupils at offsite/alternative provision through mentoring where appropriate.
• Providing information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning and behaviour.
• Develop a mentoring relationship with pupils needing particular support aimed at achieving the objectives in their individual action plans.
• Contributing to the development of pupils’ individual action plans, as a result of provision mapping.
• Attending review meetings (including safeguarding meetings, as appropriate) and advocating for students where problems arise.
• Promoting a positive, optimistic attitude to learning and achievement within the school; acting as a role model with pupils and families and the wider community.
• Challenging and motivating pupils; taking advantage of opportunities to improve, promote and reinforce self-esteem.
• Providing objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to other staff on pupils’ achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
• Monitoring pupil progress to judge the effectiveness of the support, and providing regular feedback to teachers, parents, the pupil and other appropriate professionals. Providing support if difficulties become apparent.
• Monitoring and evaluating pupils’ responses and progress against action plans, through observation and planned recording.
• To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for the planning, preparation and delivery of specific learning activities for identified individuals/groups under an agreed system of supervision.
• To deliver a social skills programme to individuals or small groups of students.
• To support students with identifying the reasons for their behaviour and providing strategies for both staff and students that can help manage any negative behaviour.
• To support specific individuals with behaviour or other SEND needs. This would be 1:1, small group or mainstream class support or specifically targeted students within alternative provision as required.
• To provide advice to staff regarding specific individuals and how best to support them.
• To lead on organising and running the learning support breakfast club.
• To support with the running and organising of lunchtime or afterschool activities.

This is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities of this post. The post holder may be directed by the Head of School to carry out any other duties that may be reasonably regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the post.