Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Wellbeing Champion
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park, London, SE15 5TD34 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
29 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: 39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week; actual salary £26,486.38
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,702
Pay scale
- Grade 4 (Inner London)
Additional allowances
+ Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park is looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our academy, taking on the role of wellbeing champion.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- First aid qualification (or willingness to study for)
- A nationally recognised mental health Level 3 qualification (or willingness to study for)
- Understanding of the principles of whole school listening systems such as Circle Time
- Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
- Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers
- Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
- Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace.
- Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
At Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park, we are proud to celebrate the wide range of backgrounds, abilities, faiths and cultures within our school. Our success lies in our drive to ensure every pupil takes pride in their skills, abilities, and talents and uses these to help them attain the highest possible level of education.
We work together to ensure that our children have a bright, safe, secure and happy place to learn. We celebrate their achievements and encourage mutual respect for one another. We feel that by working together with our children, parents, carers, staff, governors and the wider community we can encourage our pupils to show respect, take responsibility and show resilience as they grow with us.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
Your role will include:
- Supporting the class teacher as a learning support assistant
- Leading and maintaining positive, safe and enjoyable break times for pupils coordinating first aid and medical support in collaboration with the school admin team.
- Championing mental wellbeing for children and adults
- Covering for teachers
- Coordinating the organisation of first aid and medical equipment in the school
- Supporting pupils' social and emotional development and promote independence in a safe, secure, challenging environment
- Encouraging pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others
- Observing, recording and supporting the social and emotional development of pupils
- Providing accessible visual materials around the school to promote wellbeing
- Identifying the need for, sourcing and ordering equipment the playground
- Listening, supporting and discussing issues sensitively with parents and carers under the supervision of the teacher/SENCO/Vice Principal and occasionally participating in meetings with parents
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
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About Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 361 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrisprimarypeckhampark.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 7639 6091
Our Academy is at the heart of a fantastically diverse community where at least 45 different languages are spoken.
Our ambition is to enable the children to become effective citizens of the future. We aim to develop an Academy community who can:
Build healthy RELATIONSHIPS by becoming RESPECTFUL INDIVIDUALS.
Succeed LIVING IN THE WIDER WORLD by becoming RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
Experience positive PHYSICAL HEALTH and WELL-BEING by becoming RESILIENT LEARNERS.
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