SEND Support Worker

As a SEND Support worker you will be working in our Oaklands SEND Provision, providing support to students with additional needs, such as learning difficulties, physical disabilities, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and mental health conditions. You will be working 1:1 with children between the age of 4 years and 11 years old, supporting the outcomes from their EHCP through providing quality care, support and helping with their social, emotional, educational and behavioural development.

This position would suit someone looking for a secondary position or more part time hours on a self employed basis.

Current Sessions Times :
• Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm
• Sessions 3 hours long

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 care and support for each child, including their social, emotional and behavioural development
• Identifying any learning difficulties a child may have so they receive the right support
• Helping children cope with everyday tasks, such as eating independently
• Observing the child’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Providing strategies to help and support each child
• Developing Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
• Tracking progress and achievements
• Reporting to teachers and parents on the child’s progress
• Helping to plan lessons
• Ensuring every child’s needs are being met
• Follow nursery safeguarding procedures, ensure children are safe within the building and only collected by a known adult, escalate any concerns, and maintain confidentiality of any information regarding children, their families and staff
• Be flexible within working practices of settings to help out as needed e.g. answer phone calls, front door, help with children
• Where needed, to attend out of work hours activities e.g. staff meetings, training, parent/carer meetings

Personal Qualities

• Competent level of literacy and numeracy
• Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality, honesty and integrity
• Ability to communicate and engage effectively with children, families, carers, colleagues
• Be approachable, caring and have a passion for working with children.
• Be a reliable member of the team, working corporately and with flexibility
• Demonstrate creative flair
• Ability to work under pressure
• Be organised, self-disciplined, reliable, conscientious and honest
• Friendly, open and honest
• Prepared to help where needed
• Good team player
• Sense of humour
• Ability to work to own initiative
• Positive attitude

Qualifications
Essential:

• NVQ level 2 or 3 within Childcare and Education, or relevant equivalent
• Relevant qualifications in SEND
• Paediatric first aid
• Safeguarding Child Protection certificate
• Behaviour management training
• Child protection training

Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Experience:

• At least 2 years post qualification SEND experience with 4 – 11 year olds
• Knowledge about different disabilities and learning difficulties
• Practical skills of how to work and manage with children
• Knowledge of how to help children develop
• Knowledge of health and Safety procedures
• Risk assessments

Knowledge:

• Child Protection
• Child Development
• Safeguarding children
• Equal opportunities
• Special needs knowledge
• Ofsted standards

Skills:

• Strong communication skills – able to communicate with children in their care as well as their parents. May need to address sensitive topics and handle difficult conversations sensitively.
• Problem solving – ensuring children receive tailored support at any given time, and ability to work through any behavioural issues.
• Interpersonal skills – good active listening and sensitivity so that they are identifying what the child needs and providing the right support.
• Good listening skills
• Ability to form good relationships with parents
• Manage challenging behaviour
• Ability to deal confidently with a range of people (children, parents, staff)
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to write clearly and concisely
• Able to deal with difficult situations in a confident manner

Health and Safety:

• Awareness of practical hygiene issues
• Able to recognise and report Health & Safety Hazard
• Child Protection Procedures
• Risk Assessments

Organisational Skills:

• To work with many interruptions
• Quickly assess situations
• Planning experience

Physical Skills:

• Capable of manual handling
• Physically fit
• Ability to lift and nurture children

Working conditions:

• Ability to work in an environment with noise and interruptions

Other:

• Able to attend out of work staff meetings and events
• Always promote Mini VIP’s Nursery & Oaklands SEND provision, in and out of working hours

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question:

• Can you commute daily to Winchcombe, Gloucestershire?

Experience:

• SEND: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:
• DBS Current and registered with the Update Service
• NVQ Level 2 or 3 Childcare and Education (required)

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