Higher level teaching assistant
- Full time
- Permanent position
- SEN experience is essential
- Salary up to £22,700
Long- term teachers are working with a fantastic independent SEMH school, based in Westbury, that provides a high - quality therapeutic and child - centred education to boys and girls between the ages of 7 to 17.
It is an incredibly small environment, only up to 20 students at a time, which will allow you to build rapports with all the students. They have a dedicated therapy room, outside space and a modern, light, fresh learning space that is a safe environment for students to enjoy their learning!
The predominant need of the school includes SEMH, others will have specific learning needs, including autism, ADHD and communication difficulties. Many will have suffered significant trauma and adverse childhood experiences and may have social care involvement. We are looking for HLTAs who will be able to foster the therapeutic approach, who are dedicated, caring and have a passion for supporting vulnerable students.
Within the role you will be expected to:
- Support teachers in the classroom
- Working with children 1:1 or delivering sessions with small groups of students
- Managing classroom resources
- Taking children on trips and visits
- Having their lunch with children who struggle socially
- Managing heightened behaviours and keeping children safe
- Playing board games
- Conducting science experiments
- Making amazing displays
- Celebrating success
- Part of therapy sessions or reflecting on difficult periods
About you:
- Must have at least 3 years experience working within special education
- At least 1 year HLTA experience
- Ability to manage behaviour
- Relevant teaching qualification
- Excellent understanding of safeguarding policies
- UK classroom experience
- Strong knowledge of UK curriculum
Benefits and Rewards
- Staff laptop and mobile phone
- Competitive salary
- Extensive training and professional qualification opportunities
- Small class sizes with specialist TA support
- The chance to be part of an expanding, national organisation that recognises skill, effort and potential and grows its leadership teams
- Enhanced Occupational Sickness Scheme
- Flexible pension
- Regular therapeutic and supportive supervision
- Employee benefit service with access to well-being services, salary sacrifice schemes, high street vouchers, money off eating out and takeaways
This will be a full time position, working Monday to Friday, term time only, between the hours of 8:30am - 4:30pm. Commencing ASAP, this will be a permanent position.
Working with Long Term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.