Special Educational Needs support staff

Job Description:

• Identifying, designing and implementing appropriate support structures and strategies, and providing in-class support, individual and small-group interventions, and specialised remediation for students with SEN.
• Providing transition support for incoming Secondary 1 students with SEN by engaging parents to come up with SEN Support Plan.
• Maintaining records of interventions for students, support provided, and progress.
• Working with subject teachers to implement practical classroom supports and strategies for students with SEN.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and support provided for students with SEN, and refining these to enhance their impact.
• Collaborating and consulting with parents and external agencies and professionals to ensure appropriate support for the learning, development and well-being of students with SEN.
• Invigilating and conducting observations of students with SEN during school-based term assessments and examinations.
• Conducting interventions and specialised remediation programmes for students with SEN during the June school holidays.
• Together with the school’s Student Wellbeing team, providing resources and organising sharings and workshops to strengthen teachers’ capabilities in supporting students with SEN.
• Supporting students with SEN during school-based events by serving as an adult supervisor.

Requirements:

• Degree in Special Education and registration with the Ministry of Education.
• Preferably 3 years of experience and expertise working with mainstream school students with special educational needs.