Education Health Care Assistant (EHCA)

Position :
Education Health Care Assistant (EHCA)

Hours:

31 hours per week, Term time + 5 INSET Days.

Salary:
Grade 5, SCP 9-14 £ 27,254 - £29,540 (FTE), £19,640,69 actual.

Trent View College is a newly built post 16 special educational needs college. Trent View College aims to equip young people with essential skills for life, building on and enhancing their College journey. Removing barriers to learning, we are a fully inclusive College, where individual differences are celebrated and aspirations are supported. Our aim is to develop inquisitive, aspirational and resilient young people who are fully equipped to engage and contribute to their own communities.

Trent View College Our college is proud to offer a supportive team, high quality personalised training and an opportunity to work with amazing students as outlined in our values
- Pride, Aspire, Resilience and Nurture.

To assist in the planning, teaching and assessing the differentiated curriculum. To support in developing, implementing and evaluating individual education health care plans and Positive Intervention Plans (PIP), under the general direction of the teacher and where appropriate school nurse.

• Enables students on personalised learning programmes to access the differentiated curriculum in the mainstream school, early years setting or in adult service provision

• Supervise pupils in planned activities when the teacher is temporarily absent, in accordance with instructions/directions

• Assists students with personal care/health needs and daily living skills, which could include invasive procedures such as tube feeding as described in the health care plan

• When trained administers medication (including prescribed antibiotics) following clearly defined LA/school procedures and follows basic first aid procedures as necessary. Supports all educational and therapeutic assessments

• Deliver clinical interventions as outlined in the Education Health Care Plan when appropriately trained under the direction of the school nurse

• Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of Personalised Learning Maps (PLM) and Positive Intervention Plans (PIP) that are devised by the teacher

• Help promote student good behaviour and discipline through positive interactions with students and participates fully in strategies agreed as part of any students PIP, including physical interventions

• Implements speech and language development activities, sensory differences intervention, physical development and mobility activities including physiotherapy and hydrotherapy

• Help individual students or groups of students to access the differentiated curriculum, including assisting with the planning and evaluation of learning activities

• Assist with general administration and supports classroom management, including creating learning materials

• Monitor and arrange orderly and secure storage as supplied

• Operate and maintain everyday equipment in accordance with instructions, undertaking simple repairs and reporting damage

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the college
• Supervise students in small groups or one to one learning activities in school away from the main teaching area or in the community, following appropriate risk assessment
• Supervises students at play/leisure breaks, at times of transition between lessons and activities, and on arrival at school and before departure
• Maintain student records including issues of concern, behaviour, medication records and overall student progress
• Shares with the teacher, colleagues and supporting professionals and parents, issues of concern and positive feedback about the students’ welfare and achievements
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other professionals to support the progress of students
• Attend relevant meetings and training as required

Starting salary for a Grade 5, SCP 9 - 14 Education Health Care Assistant (EHCA) is £19,640.69 actual annual salary. Working 31 hours per week Mon-Fri (08:45am - 3:15pm Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri and 08:45am - 4:15pm Thursday) term time…