PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Educated to a degree level
• Professional, personal or voluntary experience of working with adults or young people with disabilities
• Interest in special educational needs, specifically autism
• Passionate about helping others learn and develop skills
• A positive, patient, caring and can-do attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team and build good working relationships with learners, parents and staff
• Ability to keep accurate records and reports to track learner progress
• Confidence in maintaining confidentiality and discretion

Personal qualities

• Soundly analyses verbal and numerical data
• Contributes to improve work methods, outcomes and team performance
• Adapts to new ideas and initiatives relevant to own area of work
• Manages the workload and completion of tasks by setting timelines and milestones, and involving stakeholders to deliver on time
• Invites and builds upon the ideas of others

Building relationships

• Follows-up with learners during and after the delivery of services to ensure that their needs have been met
• Ensures service is provided to learners during critical periods
• Prioritises learners’ issues and address them accordingly
• Understands the reason behind, or motivation for someone’s actions
• Recognises what is and is not acceptable/possible at certain times given the Organisational rules, structures, decision-making bodies, power relationships, Code of Conduct and values

Please note: This role is also known as Learning Support Worker

THE POST HOLDER WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE (DBS) CHECK

REF: G01