Educational Healthcare Assistant

Location: Kingston upon Hull
Job Type: Permanent
Industry: SEN Support Jobs
Reference: ECA - King
Salary: £85 - 110 per day
Job Published: about 2 months ago

 

Educational Healthcare Assistant

Position: Full-time
Start Date: ASAP

Pay: £85 - £110 per day (depending on expereince and qualifications)
Supporting: Children with Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), and Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Educational Healthcare Assistant to join a reputable school. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive support for education, health, medical, physical, and personal care needs, following agreed Education and Health Care Plans. This role involves attending to pupils' personal needs, including toileting, hygiene, dressing, and feeding, as well as offering physical assistance during activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement behavior modification interventions based on issues raised by pastoral staff and/or subject teachers, with a focus on students with emotional or mental health needs
  • Provide emotional and behavioral support to individuals and small groups, utilizing a variety of intervention strategies to facilitate holistic progress
  • Deliver targeted intervention programs, such as mental and emotional health, self-esteem, anger-management, and self-awareness, to both groups and individuals
  • Collaborate with the SENCO, teaching staff, and senior leadership to implement agreed interventions and programs of work
  • Assist students in improving punctuality, attendance, and supporting their return to school following prolonged absences
  • Work with students individually or in groups, using information provided by the Head of Year regarding behavioral issues, academic levels, and reasons for referral
  • Foster a calm, productive learning environment with minimal disruption, while assertively and fairly enforcing school expectations

Required Qualifications and Skills:

  • Enhanced Child Workforce DBS on the Update Service
  • Eligibility to work in the UK

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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