Special Minds introduces vetted shadow teachers and special educators to families in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, coordinates with the child's school and supervises every placement. We are recruiting a Learning Support Assistant, also called a shadow teacher, for an in office placement with a family in Chennai.

Location:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in office at the child's school.
This is not a position in the UAE and involves no relocation or travel.

The role

You support one child with additional needs inside their mainstream classroom, at the school's invitation and under its inclusion policy.
The aim is for the child to follow instructions, stay regulated, take part and keep up, without you doing the work for them.

Responsibilities
Work one-to-one with the child through the school day, following the class lesson and the school's timetable
Carry the strategies from the child's therapists and the school's plan into the classroom: visual schedules, transitions, sensory breaks and prompts for joining in
Keep a short daily record that the family,



the school and the child's therapists can all read
Join the first-week, thirty-day and ninety-day reviews with the family, the school and your Special Minds supervisor
Follow the safeguarding code you sign, and tell us early when something is wrong

You educate and support. You do not diagnose, treat or advise on medication.
Those decisions belong to the child's clinicians, whose plans you follow.

Qualifications
A qualification in special education, education, psychology or child development, or a teaching or teaching-assistant background with documented experience of children with additional needs
Experience supporting a child with autism, ADHD, a learning disability, Down syndrome or similar needs, in a school, centre or home
Qualified working proficiency in English, spoken and written. Hindi or Tamil is an asset for working with the family and the school
Two referees who have se

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