Inclusion Assistant - Al Mushrif KG Charter School

Role Overview

Inclusion Assistant at Al Mushrif KG Charter School, Aldar Education. The role provides early intervention to promote the educational and social development of identified pupils under the direction and guidance of the Head of Inclusion and Class Teacher.

Role Purpose

To support individual pupils—within group and one-to-one contexts, both inside and outside the classroom—enabling them to fully participate in a range of activities during the school day and to develop their educational, social, and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

Academic Support

• Provide individual instruction as prescribed by the teacher or group instruction where appropriate.
• Demonstrate various instructional activities.
• Monitor work assigned by the teacher, checking and correcting individual students' work in progress in line with school policy.
• Keep individual pupils and peers on task.
• Praise and reinforce achievements of pupils, reporting pupil progress to the teacher.
• Prepare materials for the individual as needed to scaffold their classroom learning.
• Prepare necessary resources to assist the identified student to access or differentiate the curriculum in order to support learning.

Inclusion & Additional Support Needs

• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils, linked to the student's IEP goals and contributing to the monitoring of their progress and attainment.
• Support individual pupils in relation to their additional support needs, including academic, physical, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.
• Help develop pupils' social and communication skills.
• Promote independence by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to the student.
• Attend and subsequently deliver intervention for SaLT, OT, and ABA therapy to help generalise and consolidate target skills, maximising the impact of therapy.

Supervision & Safeguarding

• Supervise individual pupils in the classroom, specialist lessons, and other locations.
• Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety.
• Adhere to guidelines of confidentiality, respecting that the Head of Inclusion, Home room, and subject teachers are responsible for formal communications with parents.

Behaviour & Wellbeing

• Participate in development of behaviour policy and promote pupils' self-esteem.
• Discipline misbehaviour in line with whole school policy.

Record-Keeping & Administration

• Assist home room and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.

Professional Collaboration & Development

• Build a close working relationship with home room and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
• Work with other professionals such as speech therapists and occupational therapists as needed.
• Attend training sessions and professionals' meetings as required.
• Experienced IAs may be asked to mentor new IAs; new IAs may be asked to participate in mentoring.

School Support & Compliance

• Support the aims of the school and comply with the requirements of health and safety, code of conduct, and other relevant legislation and school policies.
• Attend ECA/trips and visits.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Undertake other duties from time to time as the principal or Head of Inclusion require.

Qualifications & Experience

• SEN qualification – Diploma (minimum).
• 2 years SEN experience (minimum).