Level 3 Apprentice Teaching Assistant Reception

Duties and Responsibilities to include:

• Direct, supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
• Establish good professional relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
• Promote British values and the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Support pupils who exhibit challenging behaviour by helping them to recognise triggers and implement de-escalation techniques.
• Deliver intervention programmes to individuals or groups of children.
• Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
• As appropriate, look after sick or upset pupils administering basic first aid as required.
• Attend to the physical needs of pupils.
• Supervise pupils during break times and plan and organise activities if required.
• For the 1-1 support, to aid the pupil to learn as effectively as possible both in group situations and on his/her own by, for example:
• To establish supportive relationships with the pupil concerned
• To promote the acceptance and inclusion of the pupil with SEN, encouraging pupils to interact with each other.