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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are looking for someone who has experience of working with young people and / or adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Rochester
Full Time, Permanent
£27,344 - £29,439
Job Purpose
To support with the delivery of outstanding teaching to students that is bespoke to their individual needs and promotes a love of discovery and learning.
To carry out the professional duties of a qualified Higher Level Teaching Assistant, HLTA, in accordance with the nationally recognised HLTA standards
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate an informed approach to teaching and learning by adopting relevant strategies to support the needs of the students and promote achievement and independence of all pupils including, where appropriate, those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Promote, support and facilitate inclusion by encouraging participation of all students in learning and enrichment activities through understanding each child in our care
- Observe and engage with student performance across a range of areas and feedback observations and reflections to teachers, Heads of Departments, and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Cover and lead class teaching as and when appropriate
- Attend to the needs, and skills of students by providing bespoke strategies to support children accessing the curriculum content delivered by class teachers
- Lead on individual and/or small group sessions as appropriate
- Use every opportunity to stimulate children's curiosity about themselves, others and the world more widely, using your experience and sensitivity as an adult to offer them a safe relationship in which to test out their assumptions and to experience non-judgementalism, support and encouragement
- Be in tune with the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of students, and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to adapt resources to support their education at different stages of development
- Operate from a place of curiosity and informed understanding of each child's needs ,including those with special educational needs; complex emotional needs, those of high ability; those with English as an additional language; those with disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them
- Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of Standard English.
Requirements (Qualifications)
- Qualified HTLA status
- Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths (essential)
- Level 2 or 3 qualifications in childcare or equivalent (desirable)
Requirements (Experience)
- HLTA experience in a school or educational setting, including covering lessons
- Delivering small group/individual literacy and/or numeracy interventions and programmes of learning
- Effective use and development of a wide range of strategies for managing non-engagement, dysregulated behaviour and under achievement in the classroom
- Comprehensive knowledge of working with children who are neurodiverse and have special education needs
- Knowledge of how to develop effective learning strategies to support students and colleagues to ensure the best outcomes for all
- Knowledge and experience of using technologies and their capacity to improve teaching and learning (desirable)
- Understanding of trauma responsive practices and how to embed these in teaching practice
- Experience working outside of Mainstream Education (desirable)
- Experience of education within a multicultural and multi-faith community (desirable)
- An understanding of emotional literacy developments to support learning and teaching (desirable)
- Knowledge of the statutory responsibility for children in custody, children looked after and those with additional needs (desirable)
Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by undergoing a 5 year's employment check and a DBS Application, completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.
Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:
- Professional Development
- Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area
- A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf
- A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club
- Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
- Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.
- Great referral bonus'
- Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning
To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'ApplyNow'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for employment l support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of potentially vulnerable adults.
Not looking for support roles? We are also registering tutors, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years' experience in the sector.