Job Description
Personal Support
Assistant B Post
This school has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this
commitment.
Post Title Personal Support Assistant Post No
Directorate Schools
Division Reynalds Cross School and Satellite Centre Green Lane
Salary Band/Range Band B
Responsible to Head teacher
Location Reynalds Cross School
DBS Check Enhanced
Special Conditions Either site
1. Job Purpose
To support a pupil with learning difficulties and challenging behaviours and to work as part of a
team under the direction of the class teacher to ensure that all children and young people in the
class are supported to enjoy school and make the best possible progress. All staff are expected
to do everything they can to protect the children and young people from harm and to make the
learning environment safe.
2. Key Responsibilities
2.1 Main Duties
1. Assist in pupils’ personal care/hygiene requirements
2. To feed and or supervise pupils over the lunchtime and break period
3. To support in managing the behaviours of pupils, at times challenging. Applying
empathy, patience and understanding when dealing with a range of learning
difficulties, including communication, mobility and physical challenges
4. Adapting to changing class routines, remaining flexible to address whole school and
child centred needs
5. Ability to provide a collaborative approach to support planning, developing,
assessing and implementing programmes of work
6. As and when required support the class team with the overall delivery of lessons
and communication with pupils on an individual group basis
2.2 People
The post does not involve direct responsibility for the supervision, direction or co-ordination
of other employees.
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2.3 Safeguarding
The School is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe.
The post holder is responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the children,
young people and vulnerable adults for whom she/he is responsible or comes into contact
with.
2.4 Financial
The post holder is unlikely to be required to handle money.
2.5 Buildings & Equipment
2.6 Health & Safety
The post holder will be responsible for his/her own Health and Safety. All duties and
responsibilities must be carried out in line with the specific requirements detailed in the
school Health and Safety policies.
2.7 Information Management
As an employee of the School, the post holder will be expected to manage information in
accordance with standards outlined in the Corporate Records Management and Information
Security policies. They will ensure that information used is held and transmitted securely in
a manner commensurate with its sensitivity, and that it complies with the provisions of the
Data Protection Act 1998.
2.8 Policies & Procedures
The post holder will be accountable for ensuring that he/she is aware of relevant School
policies and that all duties and responsibilities are carried out in line with the appropriate
policies and procedures.
3. Other Conditions
3.1 Mobility
Whilst this post is initially to a specific post, the post holder may be exceptionally required
to transfer to any post appropriate to their grade at such a place as in the service of the
School they may be required.
3.2 Equal Opportunities
Solihull council is committed to Equal Opportunities and expects all staff and volunteers to
recognise and value differences and to treat everyone with dignity and respect.
3.3 Variations to Job Descriptions
Due to changing customer demands, duties and responsibilities are likely to vary from time
to time and the School therefore retains the right to amend job descriptions to reflect
changing requirements.
3.4 Training and Development
The School is committed to the personal and organisational development of the individual.
The post holder will be encouraged to identify job-related development needs.
3.6 Core Qualities & Leadership Framework
The School expects all staff to demonstrate the behaviours in the Core Qualities
Framework and where appropriate, those in the Leadership Framework, to an acceptable
level.
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Compiled/Reviewed AE
by: May 2021
Date:
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