Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour/Wellbeing Plans and Personal Care programmes.
Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
Assist pupils with personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, and medical/mobility needs, ensuring their dignity, comfort, and safety at all times.

Support for Teacher

Create and maintain a structured, low-arousal, and predictable environment tailored to sensory needs, supporting the implementation of individual EHCP outcomes and visual structures
Implement specialised, autism-specific strategies—in liaison with the teacher to facilitate communication, emotional regulation, and access to learning goals.
Assist in planning differentiated learning activities and sensory diets that align with pupils' individual EHCP outcomes and personal interest profiles.
Closely monitor pupils' responses, engagement, and sensory/emotional states, accurately recording progress against EHCP outcomes and tracking behavioral antecedents.
Provide detailed feedback to teachers and specialists regarding pupil progress, sensory triggers, communication breakthroughs, and emerging challenge areas.
Support co-regulation and proactive behavior management using positive behavior support plans, de-escalation strategies, and specialized framework techniques in line with setting policy.
Assist with the collection of evidence for EHCP annual reviews and administer context-appropriate, adapted assessments that accurately reflect pupil understanding without causing undue anxiety.

Support for the Curriculum

Deliver structured, individualised learning activities, adapting tasks dynamically in response to pupils' sensory, communication, and emotional regulation needs.
Observing and tracking micro-steps of progress and providing detailed feedback to the class teacher.
Integrate communication tools and devices into learning activities to maximise pupil independence.
Prepare, adapt, and maintain specialised learning and sensory resources (including visual schedules, social stories, and tactile motivators) tailored to individual EHCP outcomes and personal interest profiles.
Facilitate and model structured play and social interaction activities, supporting pupils to progress through stages of play (e.g., cause-and-effect, parallel play, turn-taking, and shared attention) while leveraging special interests to build social-communication skills.

Support for the School

Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime when required.
Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

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