HLTA for ARB

Pensans Community Primary School, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8UH

2 days remaining to apply

Start date details
TBC
Closing date
5 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 June 2024

Job details

Job role: HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time, part time: 30 hours (Mon-Fri 8.45a.m – 3.15p.m) 38 working weeks / 43.699 paid weeks per year
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: TPAT Point 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

All successful candidates will have high expectations and skills in positive behaviour management. They must also have previous experience of working in a primary classroom setting with children who have additional needs.

Candidates should have experience of working with children with communication and interaction needs. They must be strong team players and will need to be effective communicators as the role entails working closely with parents and outside agencies as well as other staff members and children. It is essential that they are able to follow and adapt planning to individual need, assess outcomes and acknowledge next steps in partnership with the class teacher.

What the school offers its staff

Pensans School ARB is a brand new primary provision providing specialist education for 10 - 15 children of mixed age with a range of educational needs. We are seeking to appoint a HLTA to join the ARB Lead and SEN TAs in our Area Resource Base.

We aim to recruit an enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant with a genuine passion for working with young people with SEN. This is a diverse role that will see you working alongside the ARB Lead and a SEN TA to support pupils across the full primary age range, but with an understanding of the different levels at which pupils’ access their academic learning.

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.