About the role
Our Personal Support Assistants are a key part of
the support team at Severndale, enabling our learners’ personal care needs to be met
in a compassionate, hygienic and dignified way, so that they are clean,
comfortable, happy and ready to learn in their classrooms. We want our learners
to be as independent as possible, working to toilet train where their needs
allow. Our PSAs are part of a team, who work together effectively to provide
care across the academy, with each PSA usually allocated to a small number of
classes, often working with a partner, managed by our Lead PSA.
The successful candidate will effectively support the
personal care needs of pupils, with 25 hours worked
from 09:30 to 14:30.
Although we are currently recruiting aimed at Monkmoor campus, you may be
expected to work at either Monkmoor (Shrewsbury) or Futures (Shrewsbury
College, London Road) depending on the needs of learners.
As part of the Pupil Support Assistant role over
lunchtimes you will assist pupils with play, welfare and feeding of an
individual or small group of pupils. This will involve accessing training to
support learners with different eating and drinking needs.
Skills required:
- Ability to build
good relationships with children, staff
and parents
- Excellent verbal communication
- Excellent listening skills
- Organisational skills
- Positive whilst working
under pressure
- Ability to effectively use manual handling
techniques including hoisting (when trained).
You should be an energetic, enthusiastic and committed
professional who is flexible and reliable and able to work on your own initiative, with the ability to establish
effective working relationships at all levels, particularly as a member of a
team. You should have the relevant
skills and personal qualities such as being dynamic and proactive to undertake
the range of duties and the ability
to work accurately and consistently.
Job tags
- Pastoral Health And Welfare
- Education
- PART TIME
- Part Time
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