Job Title: Student Support Specialist
Location: Wolverhampton
Salary: £24,000 – £34,000 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
The Company:
Juniper are an innovative, flexible and experienced provider in delivering training solutions to individuals and businesses in Wolverhampton and throughout the Midlands. We are listed on the Governments Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and are rated as GOOD by Ofsted in all areas of provision.
Job Outline & Purpose:
- To improve standards of SEND support across the organisation, for students that have EHCPs, driving the implementation of support and interventions.
- To work collaboratively with centres, targeting individualised support to students with SEND/EHCPs, helping to improve outcomes.
- To schedule and organise SEND training for staff; ensuing that they are able to develop their knowledge of students with SEND and effective strategies/interventions they can implement for support
- Help to develop resources that build on EHCP interventions.
- To help refine the Support Plan process, allowing EHCP interventions to link into student support.
- To safeguard the welfare of all students, preventing radicalisation and promoting British Values
Key Responsibilities & Tasks:
Delivery
- To support centres to respond to EHCP consultations.
- To work closely with centres and local authorities to ensure that we are able to meet the individual needs of all students enrolled on programme that have EHCPs.
- To oversee the assessment of students with EHCPs, liaising with staff to ensure strategies and interventions are transferred into Support Plans.
- To meet with all EHCP students monthly to oversee progress, act as an advocate and ensure that they are receiving the support/interventions that they are entitled to.
- Build on the strategies outlined in EHCPs/Support Plans and help to refine students’ use of the recommended support in their learning.
- Work with staff to review strategies and interventions on an ongoing basis, ensuring that students are receiving the support as outlined in their EHCP/Support Plan.
- To support centres with the annual review process for EHCPs and attend annual reviews as necessary.
- Ensure staff are able to interpret EHCPs and use the documents to develop Juniper Support Plans.
- Source and recommend appropriate support resources.
- To provide effective advice to staff in dealing with student issues
HR
- Maintain and develop policies and processes relating to EHCP and SEND interventions and ensure successful implementation.
- To continuously develop the knowledge of staff, providing training to complement existing knowledge.
- Monitor effectiveness of staff training sessions & make recommendations as appropriate.
- Develop use of Cascade to maximise effectiveness.
Training & Development
- Develop own knowledge to ensure compliance and awareness of current developments and good practice in relation to SEND/EHCPs and effective interventions for post 16 students.
- To deliver high quality training and workshop sessions to new and existing staff.
- To provide robust training & development for staff to support students with appropriate interventions to identified barriers, including SEND/EHCPs, in order to improve standards of delivery, retention and support offered across the company.
- To act as a mentor to new/underperforming staff to raise standards in teaching, learning & assessment.
- To contribute to the organisation and delivery of Company Training Days.
Targets
- To ensure the curriculum maximises the opportunity for staff to achieve delivery targets
Person Specification:
Essential Qualifications
- Level 3 teaching
- Dyslexia, ADHD and autism CPD training
Abilities
- Knowledge & experience of standards in teaching & training
- Sound understanding of student needs, barriers and effective interventions
- Good presentation and communications skills
- To work well under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly motivated
Essential
- Ability to train and develop others
- To remain positive, with an engaging personality
- Excellent organisation skills
- Good IT skills
- To use initiative and work independently
Desirable Qualifications
- Level 3 dyslexia
- Level 2 ADHD
- Coaching/mentoring
- Level 4 teaching
- Level 5 teaching
- Post Graduate Specialist Teaching qualification in SEND
Other Information:
This role involves travel to and working at all of our centres, so post holder must be mobile and willing to travel.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Student Support Manager, Learning Support, SEN Tutor, Support Assistant, Special Educational Needs LSA, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Learning Guidance Advisor, LSW, Learning Support Assistant, Pre-School Childcare, Childcare Assistant, Nursery Worker, Educational Support Assistant, Learning Support Worker, Learning Support Assistant, Teaching Support Assistant, Learning Assistant, Early Years Foundation Stage, Student Support, Learning Advisor, Learner Support, Guidance Advisor, Support Worker, Learning Assistant, Autism, ASC, TA, Teaching Assistant will all be considered.
