Job Introduction
Core Purpose
To contribute to and provide administrative support to enable the development of students’ social, emotional and mental health needs, in order to enable effective teaching and learning alongside effective safeguarding
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
To use student information, including data, to identify vulnerable students in need of SEND and/or social, emotional and mental health intervention, attendance support or wellbeing support.
To provide administrative support for all elements of Inclusion.
To provide administrative support to enable mentoring/support sessions and group sessions/workshops to take place and then be accurately recorded, tracked and evaluated in terms of impact.
To coordinate absence phone calls and ensure appropriate follow up. To conduct home visits as appropriate.
To support in the administration and coordination of personalised action plans for groups and individual pupils based on a comprehensive evaluation of data relating to their strengths, needs and strategies for overcoming barriers to learning.
To work and liaise with internal and external agencies as and when required to ensure that appropriate channels are available to students and parents and these are recorded accurately.
To support students and teachers in developing restorative approaches to positive learning behaviours through analysing and evaluating trends in behaviours, attendance, and safeguarding.
To provide administrative support to school trips.
To provide administrative support to transition opportunities, including primary liaison, year 5/6 days and organising tours.
Evaluating students’ data and producing/organising all paperwork related to attendance, including liaison with the school EWO.
To ensure that safeguarding, SEND and behaviour records and that school systems and procedures are followed.
To support with first aid/medical provision across the academy.
To promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging students to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
To attend and provide administrative support for meetings (and associated reports) relating to safeguarding and inclusion.
Other
The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post. Any such duties should not substantially change the general character of the post. Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be with the consent of the postholder.
The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with LAAT Equal Opportunities policies.
The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the LAAT Health and Safety policies and procedures.
All employees need to be aware of the possible abuse of children and vulnerable adults and if you are concerned you need to follow the Academies’ Safeguarding Policy. In addition, employees working with children have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of during the course of their work.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, please be advised that if shortlisted, we will carry out internet searches to support our commitment to safer recruitment. Please note that the purpose of this is to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with applicants at interview. Internet searches will be carried out by someone who is not directly involved in the recruitment process and only relevant information will be shared with the interview panel.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
The school advertising the vacancy will contact you directly regarding the outcome of your application and any interviews. When interviews are taking place schools will follow all Government and Public Health England Guidelines.
All shortlisted candidates will need to verify their eligibility to work in the UK at interview.
