Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (HLTA)

Ivel Valley School & College, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0NL

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 February 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  15 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,580.00 - £25,582.00 Annually (Actual) This is the actual pro-rata salary

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (HLTA) job summary

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (HLTA) - full time 35 hours per week 8.30am - 4.00pm

About our school

Ivel Valley is a special needs school in Biggleswade and we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, ambitious and energetic HLTA to join our Behaviour Support Team, working with our fantastic children, young people and their families.

Our school site on Hitchmead Road supports pupils from Early Years to Key Stage 4 with the majority of students continuing on to post 16 education at our College site at The Baulk, Biggleswade. We support young people with a broad spectrum of special educational needs and disabilities including profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, autism and complex medical needs.

You will join a passionate and supportive team and will be provided with a full induction programme to give you the training you need to succeed.

About the role

Grade: High Level Teaching Assistant - NJC pay scale at CBC School Level, Level 4 Band A (SEN) - Points 14 to 19.

Hours: 35 hours per week, term time, 45.4 paid weeks per year.

We are looking for a highly motivated, resilient and dedicated individual to join us as a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner. This is a high level teaching assistant role and the individual will work under the guidance of our PBS lead and external professionals to support the outcomes of pupils. We are aspirational for all of our young people and offer a broad and challenging curriculum with a pupil centred philosophy at its core. You join Ivel Valley at an exciting time as we plan for the future.

This role is a term time only contract and the successful applicant will be based across the school, and college sites.

Please read the requirements in the job description and person specification. Our school web site has lots of information about our school and pupils.

How to apply

Please apply through My New Term.

Visits to the school are encouraged and highly recommended.

If you have any questions or would like to book a visit, please contact our Clare Neish, HR Manager, on 01767 601010 or HR@ivelvalley.beds.sch.uk

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 4th February at 3.00pm and interviews will be held on Monday 10th and Wedensday 12th in the afternoon and will include a classroom observation and written task plus a face-to-face interview.

Ivel Valley School & College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, proof of academic qualifications, medical clearance, proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

Following the acceptance of an interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines

Ivel Valley School and Ivel Valley College are a disability confident committed employer and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Ivel Valley School & College

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 245 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ivel Valley School & College website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivel-valley-school (opens in new tab)

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