Complex Communication and Autism Teaching Assistant

To supervise and provide support for pupils with special needs and disabilities, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities. The post holder will complement the class teacher in delivering effective teaching and learning, proactively supporting the teacher in making sure that all pupils receive an appropriate and suitably challenging creative curriculum. You’ll deliver pre‑planned lessons to a learner who is educated away from the classroom but under the direction of a teacher.

You will also help ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of pupils, through the delivery of care, support programmes, interventions and therapies (including feeding, personal hygiene, mental health, physical health and behavioural) across lesson and non‑lesson time. Formal training will be provided where necessary in specialist strategies, moving and handling, medical interventions, safeguarding, PREVENT, GDPR and Team Teach (de‑escalation and physical intervention to support challenging behaviour).

• Supervise and provide support for pupils with special needs and disabilities, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
• Work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff and the supervision of your line manager.
• Provide learning activities for individuals and groups of pupils under the professional direction and supervision of a qualified teacher, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit the needs of allocated pupils.
• Be accountable for the support, progress and supervision of pupils within the scope of the role, including raising safeguarding concerns at the earliest opportunity and participating in school/NHS incident reporting protocols.
• Assess, record and report on development, progress and attainment as agreed with the teacher.
• Monitor and record progress and attainment, drawing any problems which cannot be resolved to the attention of the teacher.
• Assist with the implementation of individual pupils’ Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Behaviour Plans, and NHS Care Plans – including meeting, personal hygiene, moving and handling, health, physiotherapy, eating and drinking, communication, sensory, de‑escalation and physical intervention needs.
• Deliver health interventions deemed appropriate to the role in line with Appendix 1, delegated nursing tasks (based on Royal College of Nursing guidance).
• Respond appropriately to the pupils’ needs to ensure physical and emotional wellbeing, and social development, taking into account diversity (e.g. language, culture, ability, race and religion).
• Adopt an adaptable and responsive approach to engage and motivate pupils and promote self‑esteem.
• Prepare, create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment to minimise barriers to learning. Take responsibility for the care, storage, preparation, maintenance and use of equipment, including specialist resources such as communication, sensory, moving and handling, physiotherapy and medical equipment.
• Ensure familiarity with pupils’ pre‑determined learning intentions and the school’s evidence recording system to contribute accurately to the assessment of pupil progress. Provide constructive feedback to pupils, the teacher and other relevant colleagues.
• Promote positive values, attitudes and responsible behaviour. Respond to challenging behaviour in accordance with pupils’ Behaviour Support Plans and report incidents in line with the school’s policy and reporting systems.
• Encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all pupils purposefully throughout the day.
• Liaise with parents and other partners as directed by teachers and senior staff; communicate and establish constructive relationships with members of the public, other professionals and organisations to support achievement and progress of pupils.
• Gather and report information from/to parents/carers as directed, taking into account parental/carer concerns and dealing with them sensitively under the direction of the teacher.
• Support pupils in the use of ICT in learning activities as directed by the teacher and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
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