Learning Support Assistant - Additional Resource Provision (ARP)
Queen's Park Primary School
Westminster
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2024
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant who comes with a passion for inclusion of pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). Successful candidates will have a positive ethos and a skillset for supporting pupils who experience challenges with social communication and emotional regulation, or pupils who are on the autism pathway. Successful candidates will use initiative and creativity to support pupils to actively engage in learning opportunities and feel a sense of belonging at school.
In return, we will offer you a warm and welcoming school environment, in the centre of our diverse and vibrant community. We have recently opened our Additional Resource Provision (ARP) and are looking to expand the team at this exciting time. We understand that a successful ARP relies on effective communication, a collaborative leadership team and regular staff training, so the team feel supported, valued and empowered to support this group of pupils. The staff at Queens Park are a friendly team and are happy to work with supportive parents and governors, but we are most proud of our children who are kind, collaborative and respectful, always striving to achieve their potential.
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
To work as part of a team to support autistic children to develop their social and emotional skills in order to live happy and fulfilling lives. To work under the Head Teacher, SENCO and Specialist Teacher to assist with the educational process.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· To engage and facilitate children with autism to enhance and promote their independence and quality of life. To create structure, predictability and bring about positive engagement using a child-centred approach and appropriate communication. To create positive experiences and opportunities for individuals to develop.
· To maintain an effective learning environment for autistic pupils – safe, calm, predictable.
· To assist the teacher in assessment of individuals to ensure any talents are developed or difficulties are identified in order for the children to reach their full potential.
· To assist the teacher with designing individualised programmes of education, social and life skill opportunities in school and in the local community.
· To promote inclusion of autistic children by providing support in small group interventions or assisting whole class activities with pupils from the mainstream school.
· To apply appropriate agreed intervention and procedure techniques for the protection and safety of the individual with autism, others & environment in line with the school’s Behaviour Policy.
· To ensure good working relationships with parents, family and other professionals involved in the pupils’ care and promote team working and good working relationships with colleagues.
· To be proactive with classroom organisation including developing effective visual supports, setting up and clearing resources for activities under the direction of the Teacher.
· To maintain regular and appropriate records as directed, following the school’s policies.
· To read and abide by relevant policies produced by the School i.e. SEN, Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Teaching and Learning, Marking and Behaviour etc.
· To understand that information obtained at the School is confidential.
· To commit to undertake training in autism and all training relevant to the post.
· Maintain an overall awareness of current issues and developments in the field of autism.
About Queen's Park Primary School
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Queen’s Park is a medium-sized school with approximately 300 pupils, from Nursery to Year 6. Located in North Westminster, Queen’s Park draws pupils from a socially and culturally diverse local community, with 30 different languages spoken by our families. The school was last inspected by OFSTED in November 2022. The school was judged to be ‘good’ and the report was extremely positive and highlighted many areas of strength, including the close community ties, a well-planned curriculum and effective leadership.
At Queen’s Park Primary School, we offer a curriculum which is broad and balanced: a curriculum which builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills of all children, whatever their starting points. The curriculum incorporates the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum alongside other experiences and opportunities which best meet the learning and developmental needs of the pupils in our school. We aim to empower our pupils to believe in their capacity to make a change in the world... a change for the good. We want our pupils to recognise their own unique potential and to believe that when they eventually leave school and enter adult life, they will be judged not only by the performance in tests of basic skills, but also by the depth and quality of their work and the quality of their character.
We value mental health and wellbeing as children learn best when they are happy and safe. Each member of staff at Queen's Park Primary is trained in Mental Health First Aid, parents have been being trained as Mental Health Champions and children are taught about neuroscience, looking at how the brain works and how this affects their learning. We have a full time wellbeing and behaviour specialist working at the school, who is trained as an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant. We also have a member of staff trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy available to support children with social and emotional needs.
We are an inclusive school, catering for a wide range of abilities and needs. At Queen’s Park School our vision is to provide pupils with a range of learning strategies and life skills that reflects a positive attitude towards their special educational needs. We aim to support the children to become confident learners in life and to strive towards the greatest independence possible. We recognise the importance of building and developing supportive and effective relationships with parents of children with SEND attending our school. Children with special needs and/or a specific learning difficulty will be on our Special Needs Register and both their academic and social progress will be closely monitored. We have a sensory room on site and our class sizes remain small to ensure all children receive the best support possible.
Queen's Park is the home to the Westminster Children's University, part of the nationwide Children’s University network providing children with extracurricular activities to enrich learning. We understand the need to inspire, challenge and empower children and through our work with the Children’s University aim to raise the aspirations of children across Westminster. We have looked for opportunities for our children to gain real life experiences to enrich learning through a mini lecture series, workshops and clubs, each with clear learning opportunities and delivered by industry specialists and members of our local community.
As the school is a beautiful listed Victorian building, we have been creative with our use of space. In addition to the classrooms, we have converted one of our halls into a computing suite and break out space. We also have smaller intervention rooms available for small group and 1 to 1 work. We have two playgrounds which provide the children with a small football pitch, stage area and basketball hoops. We regularly make use of the local surroundings such as Queen's Park Gardens, Meanwhile Gardens and our very own Forest School at the local church.
Staff members are lively, friendly, supportive and committed and between them have an impressive range of skills and a great sense of humour. Queen’s Park is a thriving school serving a wonderful community. We respect and welcome the diversity in our community as well as thinking of ourselves as one big family. Having recently joined the Queen's Park Federation with local nurseries, this is an exciting period of growth, collaboration and change for the school and wider community.
If you think you would be interested in joining the team at Queen’s Park Primary School, please contact the school to arrange a visit.
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