Common use of Special Needs Assistants Clause in Contracts

Special Needs Assistants. A comprehensive review and revision of the existing employment terms and conditions to identify and remove any impediments to the provision of efficient and effective support for students with special care needs. This review and revision to be completed in advance of the start of the 2010/11 school year and to have regard to those elements of the Towards 2016 Agreement relating to SNAs. • Flexible deployment of Special Needs Assistants within schools to respond to urgent work demands and to cover for periods of absences by SNA colleagues. • Where work demands arise during non-instruction days, school management will continue to have discretion to deploy staff to appropriate SNA duties.

Special Needs Assistants. ◆ A comprehensive review and revision of the existing employment terms and conditions to identify and remove any impediments to the provision of efficient and effective support for students with special care needs. This review and revision to be completed in advance of the start of the 2010/11 school year and to have regard to those elements of the Towards 2016 Agreement relating to SNAs. • ◆ Flexible deployment of Special Needs Assistants within schools to respond to urgent work demands and to cover for periods of absences by SNA colleagues. • ◆ Where work demands arise during non-non- instruction days, school management will continue to have discretion to deploy staff to appropriate SNA duties.