Lunchtime Assistant - SPC - QEII High School - DOES-025303

Job Purpose: Support students with special educational needs at QE2 High School's Specialist Provision Centre during lunchtime, helping to keep them safe and well while encouraging positive play, good behaviour and independence.  

Duties
- Supervise and support students throughout the lunchtime period.
- Provide one-to-one or group support for students with special educational needs.
- Encourage positive play and build good relationships with students.
- Support students with eating, including cutting up food, opening packets and individual feeding programmes.
- Assist with personal care, including toileting and changing when required.
- Encourage good manners and positive behaviour.
- Follow individual behaviour support programmes.
- Follow specialist programmes such as PECS and TEACCH where required.
- Undertake appropriate medical training, which may include suction and PEG feeding.
- Use specialist moving and handling techniques and equipment when required.
- Deal with minor injuries, seek assistance when needed and ensure incidents are reported.
- Work closely with the Specialist Provision Centre and teaching staff.
- Maintain confidentiality about individual students.
- Attend relevant meetings and training.
- Follow safeguarding, health and safety and school policies at all times.

Essential Skills  
- Willingness to support students with special educational needs individually and in groups.
- Willingness to assist with feeding, personal hygiene, toileting and changing.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Approachable and able to relate well to children and adults.
- Willingness to undertake new and refresher training.
- Discreet and able to maintain confidentiality.
- Calm and sensible approach.
- Satisfactory police check.

Desirable Skills  
- Experience working with or caring for primary or secondary school-aged children.
- Enthusiastic, energetic and positive approach.
- Voluntary youth work experience, such as Brownies or Scouts.
- Current First Aid Certificate.
- Isle of Man Worker status.

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Salary & benefits

£26,609 - £32,343 pro rata per annum

Hours

Part Time - 7.5 Hours Term Time Only