Senior Inclusion Support Assistant - Social Communication and Interaction
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Purposes:
To perform all duties and accountabilities as described in the Inclusion Support Assistant Job Description.
To provide training and development for staff for their specialist intervention area, working individually or with groups as required.
To work with identified students with social communication needs on 1:1 basis; in small groups within or out of lessons, tutor time, Professional Development Days and in other curriculum experiences as appropriate/planned to deliver specialist interventions.
To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention work, reporting regularly to the Head of Centre.
To attend and contribute to reports and planning or review meetings for students receiving intervention, as appropriate.
To provide advice and guidance to parents and work with outside agencies.
This is a very exciting opportunity to join the Inclusion Department at Trafalgar School. You would be working alongside our experienced Heads of Centre, Senior Inclusion Support Assistants, and dedicated team of teachers and support staff.
What the school offers its staff
Trafalgar School is a beacon school for Relational Practice in the south which means we put the building, maintaining, and restoring of relationships with all members of our community at the heart of everything we do. It is essential that the post holder shares our school ethos which is firmly rooted in this restorative practice approach.We work restoratively with students, families and with each other to maintain the strong community culture and our very strong inclusive ethos.
‘Relationships are highly positive because staff take time to understand and remove barriers to pupils’ learning’.
OFSTED June 2023
Regular CPD Sessions
Wellbeing Days
Early finish for Birthdays
Cycle to Work Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Salterns Academy Trust and Trafalgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks. Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.