Emotional Learning Support AssistantEDV/2026/HCEA/79957 in Rugby

Job Reference: EDV/2026/HCEA/79957

Location: Harris Drive, Overslade Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 6EA

Contract Type: Permanent Part-Time

Salary: £25,576.00 annually (Actual), Full-time equivalent: £31,022

Hours per week: 35, Weeks per year: 39

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 31st May, 2026

Start date: September 2026

About This Role

Key Purpose: This role will be working with small groups of students to help them develop their emotional literacy. It involves designing and implementing small group work for students requiring emotional literacy, working collaboratively with the SENCO and teachers, and taking responsibility for the development and education of students, including those with special educational, physical and emotional needs.

Accountabilities: The appointee will be line managed by the SENCO.

Principal Responsibilities:

• To plan and deliver individualised programmes of support for children to develop their emotional literacy, including:

• Awareness of own and other people’s emotions;
• Development of an increased range of emotional vocabulary;
• Management of stress, grief, anxiety, anger and conflict;
• Development of social interaction and friendship skills;
• Promotion of a realistic self-concept and good self-esteem;
• Coping with significant life changes including loss and bereavement;

Support for Students:

• Use specialist (curricular/learning/behavioural management) skills/training/experience to support students;
• To work collaboratively with the departments in the planning of work programmes for individuals and groups of pupils;
• Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations;
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom and school;
• Support students consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs;
• Encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all students in activities;
• Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance;
• Provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement.

Support for the Teacher:

• Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of pupils to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development;
• Work with the teacher to establish strategies to support emotional literacy in lessons;
• Monitor and evaluate students’ responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives;
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to the teacher on student achievement, progress and other matters;
• Be responsible for keeping and updating records, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested;
• Undertake marking of students’ work and accurately record achievement/progress;
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy;
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher;
• Administer and assess routine tests and invigilate exams/tests;
• Provide general clerical/admin support, e.g. administer coursework, produce worksheets for agreed activities, etc.

Support for the Curriculum:

• Implement emotional literacy programmes and tools;
• Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to student responses/needs;
• Implement local and national learning strategies, e.g. Literacy, Numeracy, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4;
• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop students’ competence and independence in its use;
• Help students to access learning activities through specialist support;
• Support the SENCo in determining the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources.

Support for School:

• To co-ordinate the work of individual or group of teaching assistants including on-job training of other teaching assistants;
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection;
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all students have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop;
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school;
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher;
• Provide appropriate guidance and supervision and assist in the training and development of staff as appropriate;
• Supervise students on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required.

Other Duties:

To maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their development and training.

Contact Details: Mrs Valerie Moody, 01788812549, recruitment@harris.covmat.org