AQW 45997/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 11/05/2026
Answered On Date: 20/05/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the job roles in each Local Impact Team.

Answer:

The Education Authority has advised the following:

School Age Local IMPACT Teams

		Roles within LIT
NHSCT	1. Antrim	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	2. Ballymena, Larne	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	3. Coleraine, Glens	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	4. Cookstown, Magherafelt	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
	5. Newtownabbey	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Support Assistants)
BHSCT	6. Belfast East	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teacher Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	7. Belfast North	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	8. Belfast South-west	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teacher Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teachers Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	9. Belfast West	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
SEHSCT	10. Ballynahinch, Downpatrick	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers SBEW Teacher to start in June Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
	11. Bangor, Ards	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teacher Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	12. Lisburn	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Support Staff (Support Assistants)
		X1 Assistant Advisory Officer SBEW for Trust Area
SHSCT	13. Armagh	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teacher Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teachers Support Staff (Support Assistants)
	14. Craigavon, Portadown, Lurgan	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
	15. Dungannon	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teachers Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
	16. Newry	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
		X2 Assistant Advisory Officers SBEW to support Trust Area
WHSCT	17. Derry City	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teacher Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	18. Enniskillen	LIT Manager Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher to start In June Support Staff (Intervention Officer)
	19. Omagh	LIT Manager Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teacher to start in June Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)
	20. Waterside, Limavady, Dungiven	LIT Manager Autism Teacher/Advisory Teachers Cognition and Learning Teachers Language and Communication Teacher/Advisory Teacher SBEW Teachers Support Staff (Intervention Officer/Support Assistants)

Early Years support both Statutory and Non-Statutory settings.

EY LIT Team	Roles within LIT
Belfast	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Classroom Assistant
South Eastern	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers Classroom Assistant
Southern East	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers Classroom Assistant
Southern West	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers Classroom Assistant
Western North	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers
Western South	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers
Northern East	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers Classroom Assistant
Northern West	LIT Manager Teachers/Advisory Teachers Intervention Officers Classroom Assistant

The EA has advised that in order to maximise available capacity and respond to increasing levels of demand, it is also drawing on staff within Post-Primary and Primary partnership/EOTAS centres and also Special Schools Outreach Services.