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Primary Stage Learning Support Assistant at JESS Arabian Ranches

Education

Listed On: 7 May 2024

Expires On: 17 May 2024

Dubai
Primary Stage Learning Support Assistant for JESS Arabian Ranches for August 2024.About JESS

JESS is a well-established, high performing 'not for profit' school. We have full-time position available from August 2024 within our Primary school at Arabian Ranches.

Primary Stage Learning Support Assistant

Job Scope

Safeguarding Statement

Safeguarding is everybody's responsibility.

All staff working at JESS will have some contact with children and young people and will therefore be in a position of trust.

Staff with teaching duties will be responsible for the students that they teach and may also have additional specific pastoral or other responsibilities for other students they do not teach.

In addition, all staff will regularly interact with students who may seek assistance or otherwise interact with them whilst moving around the school.

In all cases, the staff's responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the students is to adhere to and always ensure compliance with the school's Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and procedures to include whistleblowing ensuring all concerns are immediately passed on to the school's Designated Safeguarding Officer(s) (DSO).

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Responsibilities:

This not an exhaustive list of duties/responsibilities. Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the Learning Support Assistant will carry out.

The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the Headteacher.

The responsibilities outlined may be modified by the Headteacher, upon mutual agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the role:

Supporting students:

To develop an understanding of learning differences and the needs of individual students with additional educational needs.
To ensure students' access to the lesson through appropriate clarification, adaptation, and resources under the guidance of the Class Teacher, Year Group Leader and SLT.
To work with individual or groups of students as directed by the Class Teacher or under the Class Teacher's supervision.
To display proficiency in inclusive educational techniques, personalisation of learning objectives and assessment strategies.
To assist students who may require personal care support.
To give appropriate support to any students with additional learning needs, either physical, behavioural, or educational, as guided by the Class Teacher or Oasis department.
To ensure good management, sense of order and tidiness of the working areas so that students may develop a sense of responsibility and pride in their learning.
To ensure implementation of the school's behaviour policy.
To carry out supervision with vigilance and high levels of care and support for students and overall safety.
To facilitate student independence.
To give timely feedback to students to scaffold learning and support progress.

Supporting the Class Teacher:

To support individual and group work.
To perform routine tasks, for example, preparing materials and setting up required resources to assist in supporting teaching and learning.
To collaborate with the Class Teacher.
To record observations of students regularly and communicate this to the Class Teacher.

Supporting the curriculum:

To support individual students or groups of students as directed by the Class Teacher.
To plan and deliver appropriately targeted support programmes in accordance with specified learning targets for individual/ pairs /small groups of students.
To help organise resources to assist students in teaching and learning.
To participate in, and contributing to, inclusion team planning, selfevaluation and training in assigned areas of the curriculum and in the provision of pastoral care.
To provide examination access support where appropriate.
To support the school with the use of assistive technologies.
To collect and analyse data related to progammes of support.

Wellbeing of students:

To promote and safeguard the welfare of students.
To comply with the school's safeguarding & child protection policy and ensure that any concerns relating to the safety or welfare of students are reported immediately to the Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO)
To facilitate peer interactions based on guidance of the Class Teacher.

Other:

To complying with the Staff Code of Conduct, Ministry of Education Code of Conduct and school policies.
To attend staff year group, foundation stage, primary, or whole school meetings, induction, professional training days/workshops, and other school events, as required
To provide effective supervision of students out of class (e.g. morning, gate, break and lunch duties).
To participate in school trips (local or