Curriculum Services Update – DSA Related
CCN Staff Rates, Roles and Responsibilities - 1415
Information for DSA Assessors
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Exam Support £29p/h - A member of staff employed to support students in exams may assist in the
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Curriculum Services Support (Tier 2-4) £29p/h (may also be known as Learning Support Mentor) - A
member of staff employed to support students as CSS (Tier 2-4) may assist in the following ways:
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Note-taker support
Mobility support
Practical assistant
Personal care
Re-explanation of instructions
Emotional support and re-assurance
Organisational support
Transcription
Breaking down of tasks
Understanding of tasks
Assistance with study skills
Curriculum Services Support (Tier 1) £43p/h (may also be known as Learning Support Mentor or
Communication Support Worker) - A member of staff employed to support students as CSS (Tier 1) may
assist in the same ways as Tier 2-4 (listed above) as well as the following:
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Reader
Scribe
Prompt
Practical assistant
Oral language modification
Transcription (e.g. to aid with hard to read words)
BSL/SSL qualified sign language support (Communication Support Worker) - act as a conduit for
communication
Creation of glossaries for subject specific signs
Speech and Language support
Additional knowledge in specialist areas e.g. mental health, autism, visual impairments etc.
Specialist Adviser £57p/h (may also be known as Disability Officer) - A Specialist Adviser may be
employed to support students in the following ways:
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Development and implementation of specific support strategies with high levels of awareness of
specialist area of support e.g. mental health, autism etc.
Referral and liaising with internal and external agencies
Advocacy on behalf of student
Advising other staff on how to best to work with the student
High level of specialist support
Monitoring and reviewing of support and appropriateness of support for student
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Curriculum Services Update – DSA Related
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Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) Support £64p/h (may be known as Specialist Study Skills) - A
suitably qualified tutor with a high professionally qualified level of experience in SpLD may support
students in the following ways:
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Development and implementation of support strategies with high levels of expertise specific to
Specific Learning Difficulties
Imparting learning skills include the incorporation of assistive technology where relevant
Development of research strategies
Development of composition strategies
Development of proofreading strategies
Development of note-taking strategies
Development of time management and organisational strategies
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