Teaching Assistant Level 2 Health And Social Care Analysis

Miley Ashworth is 15 years old and lives with her mother Janie, her stepfather Ben and her younger sister Melissa who is 12 years old; they live in a 3 bedroom house in a council estate based in Bognor Regis. They were transferred here from Angering 3 years ago due to Mileys anti-social behaviour causing nothing but upset and aggravation to her neighbours. Since moving to this new estate Miley has been warned that she must stay on her best behaviour and she has done so up until November this year, three months ago, since then she has been suspected of dealing drugs and is now two months pregnant from who she does not know who the father is. This year, her behaviour and attitude took a toll on her life; she failed her GCSES and

It is important to ensure that the young people and staff are all safeguarded. Any staff that will be using physical interventions should have attended the mandatory training, risk assessments should be in

ii. The teaching assistant should explain to pupils what they read. She should help children to predict

During the lesson the teaching assistant should assist and be a role model for the children and throughout the lesson the teaching assistant should do what the teacher asks and requires.

In chapter three of our book it talk about the basic function of families meeting the needs of their disabled child which includes day-to-day task such as cooking, cleaning , laundry, transportation and health care. Brandy meets all of Marks’ needs staring her day with a walk with the family dog at 5:30 am. After her walk with the dog is completed she gets Marks’ medication ready before she wakes him up. Brandy prepares the medication the night before. Brandy wakes Mark up at 5:50 she gives Mark a shower and she dress him for school because Mark has grown this process takes about twenty minutes.

The National Occupational Standards (NOS) are performance standards that specify what skills and knowledge a HLTA should have in order to perform in their role. NOS provide a valuable resource to schools that use them to assist in the creation of job descriptions and roles and responsibilities, as well as underpinning training, progression and supporting development needs of staff. They were developed by representatives and different employers in a variety of sectors within education. HLTAS can target the use of the national occupational standards in a variety of ways from supporting and assisting with the development of frameworks used for the organisation, promoting and supporting equal opportunities to ensuring confidentiality but to name a few. Other National occupational standards are applicable to HLTAS from roles outside of education for example self-assessment for competence and opportunities for professional development and improvement of skills all of these help staff and HLTAS be able to perform their role to a correct standard and increase their competency within their role.

As a teaching assistant/learning mentor, you are able to take more time with students to enable effective communication, whether this is one on one support or a small group. The students will benefit from this as they have been able to understand more comprehensively the task at hand, however if they do struggle with anything we can take the extra time with them to give them guidance which will help the student fulfil their learning potential.

It is essential to establish respectful and professional relationships with children and young people in the role of Teaching Assistant. There are certain strategies which enable such a valued and trusted relationship be established. A relationship in which a child trusts and respects their TA and feels comfortable in their company, allows the TA to offer a supportive and caring environment in which the child can learn and develop.

Although the class teacher is primarily responsible to plan, deliver and review all learning activities for the class, a teaching assistant can work alongside the teacher and make contributions that can improve the teachers plan, alter the delivery to make it more effective for pupil attainment and extend the teachers initial review. “Planning, teaching and evaluation follow a cycle which gives structure to the learning process” (Baker, B., Burnham, L., 2010) and is vital in my role as a teaching assistant. I aim to describe how I aide the teacher to plan and deliver lessons and how I give feedback to the teacher about individual pupils, in order for the teacher make improvements in her planning and to be able to target individual

• Confidentiality and when, for the safety of the child or young person confidentiality must be breached.

I have developed a passion for working with children over the past few years. Even though my past work experience has not involved children I believe that I have a natural ability to connect with them. I am a very friendly person and passionate about helping others. Friends and family members trust me with their children and I have babysitted for them in the past. As a teacher’s assistant I’ll be able to play a hands-on role in child development. The role as a teacher assistant is important to me because I will be able to help the teachers and the children. As a person that likes to help others I will be able to take care of the smaller details, as the teacher dedicates their time on furthering the children’s education. I’ll also have the opportunity

My role as a teaching assistant is to take on tasks such as preparing the classroom for lessons and clearing up afterwards, which allow the teacher to concentrate on teaching. To support pupils with particular individual needs, sometimes my role is to work one to one, while others work in small groups or work with one of these groups. The teacher is not able to give every pupil individual attention, assistants provide essential support to the pupils and the lead teacher. My responsibilities also include:

1. Confidentiality must be kept at all times. You must have the senior practitioner’s and/or the parents’ permission before making formal observations of children. Do not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Line of reporting-only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at real risk.

The teacher's role is to plan lessons, direct and assess pupils learning. The role of the teaching assistant is to support the teacher in planning, delivering and evaluating learning activities and also, under the teacher's direction to give support to the class, whether it is the whole class, small groups or individuals.

A huge takeaway from the experience of being a TA definitely were the skills I used and developed over the semester. I had to learn or at least be proficient enough in the course material to be able to explain and assist other students with the content. Ensuring I know the content helps in the context of grading papers, and to the professor as far as knowing how and the material is taught in class. Going over the material in class alongside the other students was helpful, and taking the time to brush up on certain concepts in the book proved to be valuable as well. It was important for me to be able to be sure on my end that I was able to assist students in a way that promotes their success in class. With that being said, some things I realized are better left to the professor. If I am not able to answer something, I at the very least need to be able to redirect to some aspect of the book, guide