Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
River Tees Hospital School, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD49 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,746.00-£26,057.00 per year
What skills and experience we're looking for
Desired Criteria
- Higher level of qualifications which include demonstration of Mathematics/English above Level 3.
- Current first aid qualification.
- Willingness to maintain Team Teach qualification.
- This post may require the post holder to transport young people in own car to educational venues/home.
- Experience of working with young people in a wider educational way.
Essential Criteria
- A good standard of general education to Level 2 or equivalent including English and Mathematics.
- To meet the requirements for HLTA or have an immediate commitment to do so.
- Use of ICT to enhance children learners.
- Experience of effectively supporting teaching staff by contributing to planning and preparation of lessons which support individual needs of students.
- Experience of effectively supporting teaching staff by using effective strategies to provide a purposeful learning environment and promoting good behaviour.
- Experience of effectively supporting teaching staff by contributing planning and preparation of lessons and providing feedback to pupils and colleagues concerning pupils learning and behaviour.
- Experience of effectively supporting teaching staff by contributing effectively to the selection and preparation of teaching resources that meet the diversity of pupils’ needs and interests.
- Experience of effectively supporting teaching staff by evaluating pupils’ progress through a range of assessment activities and monitor pupils’ participation, progress and responses to learning.
- Supporting the teacher in maintenance and analyse records of pupils’ progress.
- Use of ICT to enhance children learners.
- The ability to engage successfully with young people exhibiting difficult and challenging behaviour.
- The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, including young people, their families, professionals etc.
- The ability to write concise, accurate and professional reports.
- The ability to maintain accurate records of interventions with young people.
- The ability to negotiate effectively.
- The ability to work in a non-confrontational manner.
- The ability to work independently with small groups/individuals.
- The ability to plan and deliver programmes in line with national curriculum core subjects.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
- Our employee’s development and progression journeys are proof that we invest in our staff and provide comprehensive training and development opportunities.
- We use a collaborative approach to our appraisals process that aims to foster a culture of inclusive professional development within which staff feel valued and treated fairly
- We pride ourselves on our wellbeing offer to employees, ensuring our staff’s health and wellbeing is considered in every decision-making process.
- Better Health at Work Award Advocates with employees trained as Health Advocates to help our employees look after their own mental health and wellbeing.
- We have a flexible and generous approach to family appointments and events.
- A comprehensive induction package and ongoing training.
Further details about the role
About us
River Tees Hospital School is an integral part of the River Tees Multi-Academy Trust Family, where learning and wellbeing is at the centre of everything that we do. We work with the most vulnerable children, who have a complex range of physical and/or mental health difficulties, helping them to re-set their learning journey to achieve better outcomes and to improve their life chances in the short and longer term. It is recognised that each learner requires a unique setting and bespoke support programme to help them back into either mainstream education or a specialised educational pathway.
River Tees Hospital School creates an inclusive environment where staff strive to ensure all learners make accelerated academic progress whilst equally focusing on their personal development and wellbeing. We provide a range of specialist assessments, which allow us to develop an integrated plan that will work in harmony with the academic and emotional wellbeing strands.
River Tees Hospital School gives every learner the chance to be the best that they can be. This is achieved through the removal of barriers to learning, and the delivery of personalised educational programmes which lead to valuable and valid qualifications.
River Tees Hospital School is dedicated to providing high quality education through an innovative structure, so that vulnerable students have access to advanced and energising programmes of learning. We value the professional relationships between staff and learners, but equally ensure strong collaborative partnership work with parents, carers, trustees, external providers and the wider community, to ensure learners achieve their potential.
All learners are supported to develop lively and enquiring minds, whilst ensuring that they feel safe and valued in an inclusive environment. The ethos of inclusion is central to all of the work of our Trust and we strive to help our young people to achieve their aims and ambitions.
Adam Burns
Head of Hospital School
Job Description
Support the pupils by:
- Liaising sensitively and effectively with Academy staff and Multi Agencies with regard to their role in pupil learning.
- Having sufficient understanding of their specialist area/phase to support pupils’ learning.
- Being familiar with age related expectations of pupils, the main teaching methods and the assessment framework in the relevant subjects/specialism’s/age groups.
- Understanding how to use common ICT tools to advance pupils’ learning.
- Promoting and reinforcing pupils’ self-esteem.
- Contribute to plans/bespoke programs as directed.
Support the teacher by:
- Act as a learning mentor for a group of students.
- Contributing to teachers’ planning and preparation of lessons and providing feedback to pupils and colleagues concerning pupils learning and behaviour.
- Contributing effectively to the selection and preparation of teaching resources that meet the diversity of pupils’ needs and interests.
- Evaluating pupils’ progress through a range of assessment activities and monitor pupils’ participation, progress and responses to learning.
- With the teacher, maintain and analyse records of pupils’ progress.
Support pupils with SEND by:
- Understanding the aims and content of teaching strategies and intended outcomes, and their place in the related teaching programme.
- Understanding the key factors which affect the way pupils learn.
- Being familiar with the guidance about meeting special educational needs given in the Code of Practice.
Support the school by:
- Supporting the Centres policies relating to managing diversity and inclusion, and promoting positive attitudes, values and behaviour.
- Maintaining successful relationships by treating pupils consistently with respect and consideration.
- Using a range of strategies to provide a purposeful learning environment and promoting good behaviour.
- Understanding and implementing all school policies and procedures, including Health and Safety policies.
- Where appropriate, guiding the work of other adults who are supporting teaching and learning in the classroom.
- Ensuring the safe organisation of learning activities and the physical teaching space and resources for which they have responsibility.
- Carrying out any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined.
- Supporting the provision of PPA time for teaching staff.
- Contribute to self-evaluation, River Tees Multi Academy Grangetown’s development plans and all aspects of preparation for inspection and monitoring as required.
Support their own personal development by:
- Working collaboratively with colleagues.
- Seeking help and advice as appropriate.
- Building on and developing prior specialist’s knowledge and experience.
- Undertaking further training as appropriate.
- Seeking to improve practice via observation and discussion with colleagues
- Using common ICT tools to develop their own learning.
- Undertaking appropriate training and CPD as appropriate.
Additional Tasks
- The post holder will carry out the duties with full regard to River Tees Multi Academy Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
- The post holder may be required to transport young people in their own car and therefore must hold a full UK license and have full use to a car which has appropriate insurance.
- The post holder must be committed to safeguarding children.
- The post will be required to undertake any other duties required from time to time, as reasonably which are commensurate with the level of responsibility.
- An annual review of this job description and allocation of particular responsibilities will take place as part of the Appraisal review.
General/Miscellaneous
The above duties and responsibilities cannot totally encompass or define all tasks which may be required of the incumbent. The outlined duties and responsibilities may, therefore, vary from time to time without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility; these factors are reflected in the post grade.
The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties as could be reasonably required in exceptional or emergency situations.
All employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to the principles of equal rights both in relation to employment issues and service delivery and to adhere to the policies of the Trust in performance of their duties.
All employees are expected to respect all confidentialities and principles and practice of the Data Protection Act.
All post holders are required to comply with Health and Safety policies and legislation.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About River Tees Hospital School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 18
- School size
- 1 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- River Tees Hospital School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@rtmat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 213799
River Tees Hospital School is an integral part of the River Tees Multi-Academy Trust Family, where learning and wellbeing is at the centre of everything that we do. We work with the most vulnerable children, who have a complex range of physical and/or mental health difficulties, helping them to re-set their learning journey to achieve better outcomes and to improve their life chances in the short and longer term. It is recognised that each learner requires a unique setting and bespoke support programme to help them back into either mainstream education or a specialised educational pathway.
River Tees Hospital School creates an inclusive environment where staff strive to ensure all learners make accelerated academic progress whilst equally focusing on their personal development and wellbeing. We provide a range of specialist assessments, which allow us to develop an integrated plan that will work in harmony with the academic and emotional wellbeing strands.
River Tees Hospital School gives every learner the chance to be the best that they can be. This is achieved through the removal of barriers to learning, and the delivery of personalised educational programmes which lead to valuable and valid qualifications.
River Tees Hospital School is dedicated to providing high quality education through an innovative structure, so that vulnerable students have access to advanced and energising programmes of learning. We value the professional relationships between staff and learners, but equally ensure strong collaborative partnership work with parents, carers, trustees, external providers and the wider community, to ensure learners achieve their potential.
All learners are supported to develop lively and enquiring minds, whilst ensuring that they feel safe and valued in an inclusive environment. The ethos of inclusion is central to all of the work of our Trust and we strive to help our young people to achieve their aims and ambitions.
Adam Burns
Head of Hospital School
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