Higher Level Teaching Assistant
St George's School, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 31.25 hours per week, term-time only, 38 weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Hay Grade 8 - £21,203 - £22,363 per annum (actual)
What skills and experience we're looking for
It is essential that applicants possess the following:
- Experience of working with young people with SEN, and a demonstrable ability to engage and motivate them in a school setting
- Strong behaviour management skills and the ability to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
- A flexible and adaptable approach, with the ability to quickly adapt teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of students
- Experience in managing large staff groups and possess highly effective interpersonal skills when communicating with colleagues.
- Some understanding of, and a willingness to hold safeguarding at the centre of their practice
- L2 English and maths, or equivalent
- HLTA Qualification
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- Wonderful students.
- The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
- A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
- A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
Further details about the role
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
This is an exciting new role within the school structure. We are looking to appoint someone with outstanding organisational and interpersonal skills to assist the leadership team in communicating and managing cover arrangements within school on a daily basis. This will involve arranging and interacting with staff to provide suitable staffing levels across the school, understanding pupil needs to ensure appropriate supervision and support is provided. This role will also involve direct contact with our amazing students.
As HLTA you will be required to provide high-quality cover support across school for teachers who are either absent or engaged in other school activities, enabling consistency of teaching and learning to be maintained for students. You will be responsible for leading classes, managing behaviour, and ensuring all students remain focused and on track to meet their lesson objectives, this role may also involve communication with families as appropriate. The HLTA will also provide additional in-class support when needed as well as supporting daily lunch cover.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St George's School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St George's School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01983 539757
St George's School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.
Arranging a visit to St George's School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk.
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