Higher Level Teaching Assistant

3 months ago

Taunton, United Kingdom Long-term Teachers Ltd Full time

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA


 

  • Based in Taunton 
  • Full time 
  • SEN experience is essential 
  • September start 


 

Have you got experience working in a specialist school, working with needs that include social emotional and mental health needs in addition to ASD and ADHD. Or have you just completed your training to become a higher level teaching assistant and looking to kick-start your career in an amazing specialist school. 


 

To be considered for this role you must have excellent experience working with children with special needs; in addition to having relevant qualifications. It is desirable you have knowledge of needs including ASD, ADHD and SEMH (Social, Emotional Mental Health). A lot of the students will have behaviour that is challenges, so you must have the confidence to be able to manage it calmly and effectively. 


 

The amazing teaching staff at this school work as a team in challenging situations, sometimes interventions will occur. You must be able to handle situations calmly, bringing a positive, patient attitude to the environment. 


 

As previously mentioned the needs are predominantly SEMH, students also haven’t worked well in mainstream so aren’t academically achieving. Your role will involve offering classroom support to both students and teacher/s. You may be expected to plan or mark, which will involve offering creative enthusiasm to lessons is vital Morning briefings will take place to plan the day as a team, it is a great opportunity to speak to senior staff members regarding students progress.


 

Your role will involve:

  • supporting teachers in the classroom
  • working with children 1:1 or delivering sessions with small groups of students
  • managing classroom resources
  • taking children on trips and visits
  • having their lunch with children who struggle socially
  • managing heightened behaviours and keeping children safe
  • playing board games
  • making amazing displays
  • celebrating success
  • part of therapy sessions or reflecting on difficult periods.


 

Working full time, Monday to Friday, your hours of work will be 8:30am - 4pm, term time only. Commencing in September 2024, this will be a temporary positions to begin with, however with the aim to progress into a permanent position. 

 

 


Working with Long Term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.


 

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