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The Dream Career:

Temporary Administrator

*25^th November – 8^th December*

Applicants must have an enhanced DBS check

The Location:

Sheffield, S10

The Hours:

38 hours per week

8.30am – 3.30pm

The Salary:

£10 per hour

The Job Role:

The Purpose of this role:

To support a Visually Impaired Teacher in the application of her role as a Teacher of visually impaired children for Sheffield City Council.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

In class support:

To provide support to teacher within the classroom environment, carrying out duties as directed by the teacher:

• Hand out materials
• Read materials out loud
• Help monitor production of student work
• Advise on students’ neatness and accuracy
• Help with the setting up of technology
• Locate materials in the classroom

To provide support in work with students which is non-classroom based:

• Support teacher when running clubs at lunch-time or after school
• Support when conducting Functional Vision Assessments
• Support when observing students or teaching assistants
• Provide visual/non-verbal information
• Report any safeguarding concerns
• Provide sighted guide to the students
• Provide sighted guide to the teacher as needed
• Support when visiting families in their homes

To assist with marking, feedback and assessment:

• Access student files on the computer for the teacher as necessary
• Complete marking checklists/electronic mark books as directed by the teacher
• Be present at standardisation/moderation meetings to read out materials
• Print out copies of student marked work for folders.

To provide support to prepare Materials:

• Aid with the formatting of teacher-made electronic resources
• Print out electronic resources

• Photocopy or collect photocopied resources
• Help with other preparations such as gluing, cutting, paper slicing and laminating
• Make tactile books.
• Make print/braille resources for lessons as directed.
• Use Duxbury to emboss braille resources.
• Braille materials using the perkins braille machine.
• Make tactile diagrams using Zychem or German Film

Administration:

• Collect, open and read post
• File student work; documents or resources as required

Providing materials in accessible formats:

• Type up handwritten or printed documents
• Transfer electronic documents (such as from Publisher or PDFs) to accessible formats
• Read out documents.
• Look through materials with teacher to decide what is needed.
• Contact publishers regarding sourcing accessible files
• Source or type up or scan sections  from books
• Access RNIB Bookshare and The Online Accessible Library to download electronic copies of books.
• Make audio-recordings of written documents as necessary
• Help with the completion of written forms and/or that the formatting of those completed electronically are accurate
• Provide descriptions of visual materials either orally or in writing
• Complete forms for The Department for Work and Pensions each month.

Other:

• Provide support on trips
• Attend external meetings and courses with teacher
• Help with navigation/mobility around sites as necessary

• Help exit in the event of a fire alarm
• Attend internal/team meetings and annual reviews as required
• Make notes  at meetings and provide to teacher 
• Make hot drinks for teacher or visitors
• Support when teacher is providing training
• Support teacher when needing to get food
• Provide additional administrative support necessary for the role

• Any such other tasks that are deemed necessary and relevant

The successful candidate must have an enhanced DBS certificate.

For further information about this role please contact rebecca@benchmarkrecruit.co.uk