HLTA

The Robert Smyth Academy, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7JG

5 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As Soon as Possible
Closing date
18 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
5 June 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £26,421.00 - £26,421.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5 Point 12 - 37 hours per week/ 39 weeks a year

HLTA job summary

At Robert Smyth Academy we are very excited about our newly built Communication , Interaction Resource Base which opened in January 2024 providing a learning environment and skilled staff that ensure all pupils feel safe and nurtured, enabling them to reach their true potential.

The setting is highly structured in a way that eliminates barriers to learning. Our aim is to encourage pupils to celebrate their strengths and learn to develop strategies to promote independent adult living and to have the skill set to access employment and education beyond the school.

Our aim is to provide education for 15 young people with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions in a highly structured, therapeutic environment.

The ideal candidate for the HLTA will need to have an excellent knowledge of the needs of students with Autism in order to ensure they receive provision in line with their EHCPs.

If you are currently a Learning Support Assistant and would like to gain your HLTA qualification then this could potentially be something we can support you with. Please contact he school for more details.

Please read the job description and if you require more information on the position and the new facility, do not hesitate to contact us.

We reserve the right to close the advert should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.

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.