Higher Level Teaching Assistant for Haven Hub Provision
Ballifield Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9HH15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring 1 term
Closing date
25 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 33.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Between £31015 - £33673 pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an outstanding, enthusiastic, and dedicated Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our Haven Hub team.
Essential requirements:
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent
- Excellent maths and English skills (minimum Level 2)
- Experience working with children or young people with SEN/SEMH needs
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- Commitment to continuous professional development
Desirable:
- Experience delivering targeted interventions (e.g. sensory circuits, Zones of Regulation, Socially Speaking)
- Knowledge of attachment and trauma-informed approaches
- Experience working in a nurture or wellbeing provision
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- The opportunity to work in a specialist provision making a real difference to children's lives
- A supportive and collaborative team environment
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development
- Access to high-quality training and CPD opportunities
- The chance to develop your skills and expertise in SEMH support
- A rewarding role in a school committed to staff wellbeing
Further information about the job
What is the Haven Hub?
The Haven Hub is our specialist intervention provision supporting children with their social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Our aim is to enable children to develop the skills and strategies they need to learn successfully in mainstream classes alongside their peers.
The Haven provides a safe, nurturing environment where children can develop:
- Attention and concentration
- Confidence and self-esteem
- Social skills and friendships
- Emotional regulation strategies
- Resilience and independence
- Speech and language skills
Our provision includes targeted interventions such as sensory circuits, Socially Speaking, art therapy, and Zones of Regulation. Groups typically run for around 12 weeks, with regular reviews to assess progress.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering high-quality interventions to support children's social, emotional and mental health needs
- Working with small groups and individuals to develop social skills and emotional regulation strategies
- Supporting children to successfully reintegrate into mainstream classes
- Monitoring and recording children's progress
- Working closely with class teachers, the SENDCO, and families
- Contributing to the planning and delivery of intervention programmes
- Supporting children with SEN needs, particularly SEMH needs
- Delivering interventions and resources throughout the school as needed
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to children's lives and contribute to our school's inclusive ethos.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ballifield Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children. We expect all our staff/volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions/convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ballifield Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 459 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@ballifield.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01142697557
Welcome to Ballifield Primary School 3-11 years
At Ballifield Primary School, everyone in our community, from our nursery to year 6, lives our motto of ‘A Family of Learning’ by closely supporting each other and working collaboratively to support our pupils to be resilient, compassionate, collaborative, confident and life-long learners. We do this by celebrating and incorporating our core values through everything we do.
Children, their well-being and achievement, are at the centre of all our decision making. The value and the potential of every child, parent and member of staff is recognised and a culture of inclusion is identifiable in the whole school community.
We are determined to give every single child the opportunity to develop their full potential and succeed, by ensuring the pupils are immersed in a broad and stimulating curriculum, which is delivered within our nurturing environment. We supply our pupils with a wide range of opportunities and memorable, first-hand experiences.
Our vision and determined ambition, for all pupils, is to ensure they are happy and have positive mental health and well-being. We aim to provide conditions in which pupils can develop their literacy and numeracy skills and have a broad understanding of how the world around them works. In this way, we ensure that they are well equipped and prepared for the next phase in their education, ensuring that social, moral, spiritual, cultural and personal development opportunities thread through the curriculum. Every child has an entitlement to feel safe, to be included, to be healthy and to have a quality education with a wide range of formative experiences.
We want every child to have the opportunity to debate, to be articulate, to adapt, to cope with change and to flourish and to find their place in the world, to know how to live and work together harmoniously and accept the diversity of a range of cultures and backgrounds. We extend the classroom, the teaching and learning process to include parents, carers and the wider community. Experience of local community and of global issues contributes to the development of the whole child. Parents, Governors, pupils and staff work together in close partnership in order to improve all aspects of school life.
At Ballifield Primary School, we offer a comprehensive educational experience starting at our nursery, ensuring a strong foundation for lifelong learning. Additionally, our Nurture Hub provides a supportive environment for children who need extra emotional and social support, helping them thrive academically and personally. We immerse our pupils in an engaging, stimulating, and broad curriculum delivered within a nurturing environment. Our pupils benefit from a wide range of opportunities and memorable, first-hand experiences.
Arranging a visit to Ballifield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ballifield.sheffield.sch.uk.
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