Job Title: Lead ELSA (7) - Samares
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Hourly rate: £22.35
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: Yes
Advert Closing Date: 01/06/2025
Job Overview
Samares School are seeking to appoint a passionate and dedicated Lead Emotional Literacy Support Assistant to join our amazing staff team. (30 hours per week)
Samares School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment.
It is strongly advised to contact the Headteacher, Jenny Posner (J.posner@samares.sch.je), for an informal discussion before application.
Job Purpose
You will support, via the delivery of specific interventions, children with emotional and behavioural difficulties to enable them to effectively access the curriculum and to encourage a learning environment throughout the school which allows children to acquire and develop emotional literacy skills.
For a full job description please see following link - Job Description
Job Specific Outcomes
Supervise and support students who are experiencing difficulties with emotional literacy both inside and outside the classroom to meet the needs of individuals or small groups
Plan, deliver and evaluate appropriate interventions programmes to help develop children's emotional literacy skills and emotional well-being, giving feedback to the team on the progress of the pupil(s) within their identified needs.
To create, develop and produce resources for use with intervention programmes, as appropriate and may include social skills, emotional skills, friendship, bereavement, and anger management groups.
To establish, develop and maintain a space in school for ELSA/intervention work to be carried out.
Maintain links with the families/carers of pupils in need of additional support.
Facilitate the sharing of information between the school and external agencies and act as the point of contact for specialist support services.
Line manage and co-ordinate other pupil support staff
To establish supportive, caring and secure relationships with children, and through individual sessions, group work and check ins.
Provide regular feedback to the SENCo and/or the school-based Counsellor.
To attend regular group supervision and CPD sessions run by CYPES Educational Psychologists.
‘Please note that this job description is under review and subject to change’
Person specification
Good literacy / numeracy skills to Level 3 standard
Diploma in early education qualification or CACHE / NVQ Level 3
ELSA Network approved qualification
The ability to relate well to children and adults
To attend in service training and meetings relevant to the post in order to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special education needs Knowledge and understanding of the different social, cultural and physical needs of pupils An awareness of how to deal with students who may find it challenging confiorming to rules and expectations Flexibility and a solution focused approach Ideally 3-5 years’ experience working with, or caring for children/students with additional complex needs.
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