Job Overview

Would you like to play a key role in the life of our welcoming and friendly school?  Grainville School is looking for a Keyworker.

Grainville ARC is seeking to appoint a skilled Key Worker to be part of our hardworking ARC team. The successful candidate will be committed to an inclusive education and have experience supporting children with a range of additional needs, including ADHD and Autism. Previous school experience is essential for this role and an understanding of a range of learning and behaviour support strategies is desirable. For further information regarding the role, please contact Andy Mesch at a.mesch@grainville.sch.je or call 01534 822928. 

Grainville is an inclusive school and is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all students and young people.  

Job Purpose

• To work with the ARC, teaching staff and individual students to provide appropriate support to promote and achieve progress.  
• To meet the needs of individuals and small groups of students with educational needs.  
• To lead and support the development, planning and delivery of individual and group learning programmes and develop and promote social and life skills for young people. 
• To support the physical and emotional welfare of the students, through Education and Health Plans. 
• To provide offsite learning for individual and/or small groups of students at alternative educational sites. 

Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2

• To work with the ARC Manager and ARC Team Leader to create, organise and support teaching and learning activities. 
• To work with teaching staff to deliver learning activities for all students, with a specific focus on those with educational needs. 
• To undertake specified work with individuals and groups, including the planning, implementation and review of programmes of learning. 
• Supervise and provide particular support for students, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities in line with the curriculum.  
• To support in identifying individual needs, as part of a specialist team, and supervise colleagues in the planning and delivery of support according to these needs. To be able to assess the needs of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students’ learning. 
• Manage, develop and implement individual programmes against learning objectives. To adapt individual programmes as appropriate and give feedback to the team on the progress and behaviour of the individual group or pupil within the special needs area.   
• Take a lead in the observation and monitoring of the development of specific students, recording appropriately and applying this knowledge to future planning.  Plan and direct the agreed work programmes/practical lessons under the guidance of the ARC Manager and teacher. 
• Support students in social and emotional well-wellbeing, ensuring that concerns are logged and safeguarding procedures are followed, and contribute to recommendations and strategies to minimise future risk. 
• Co-ordinate the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school, at break or lunchtimes and on school trips, ensuring educational needs are met. 
• Establish and maintain relationships with families and carers and other professionals. 
• Attend and contribute to meetings with parents/carers and professionals and contribute to the planning and evaluation of support provision. 
• Accompany teaching staff on visits, trips and out of school activities where appropriate.  
• Supervise students at various offsite educational facilities. 
• Assist with the supervision of students out of lesson times where appropriate. 

Job Specific Outcomes 2 of 2

• Attend to the students’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene and welfare matters. Care for sick, distressed and injured children carrying out the necessary first aid and take the appropriate follow-up action necessary through the agreed school policy.  Contribute to specific reports when requested by consultants, GPs and parents on students with medical problems.  
• Provide clerical/administrative support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money etc.  
• Support and develop partnerships with parents, liaising with them, with the support of the teacher in charge and Senior Teaching Assistant/Team Leader, to ensure consistency in approach for the students. 
• Supervise whole classes occasionally during short-term absence of teachers.  The primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task. 
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.  Report all concerns to an appropriate person. 
• Liaise with staff in the area of student behaviour and SEN. 
• Follow and contribute to any intimate care plans and safer handling plans and in using, lifting or handling specialist equipment.

Knowledge & Skills

• Can use ICT effectively to support learning
• Use of other equipment technology – video, photocopier 
• Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation 
• Working knowledge of curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies 
• Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes 
• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
• Ability to relate well to children and adults
• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
• Knowledge of Health and Safety
• Ability to plan effective actions for pupils who require support to progress their learning or who require specific support to facilitate their accessing of learning opportunities. 
• Have an understanding of the range of support services/providers/agencies.
• The ability to communicate at all levels while exercising a high degree of confidentiality is essential.