Posted 11 days ago
Job Role: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Location: Spalding
Contract: Long-term, Temporary (opportunities to go permanent for the right candidate)
Salary: From £550 Per week
Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable students? Have you considered a role in a alternative provision? If so, Simply Education would love to talk to you about SEMH opportunities across the Lincolnshire area.
As a Higher level teaching assistant in an alternative provision, you'll be at the forefront of nurturing and guiding year 10 and year 11 students through their educational journey. This long-term, temporary position offers the potential for permanency for the right candidate. Your primary responsibility will be to provide support and leadership within a smaller class setting, with no more than 8 students per class.
Key Responsibilities:
Motivate the pupils and promote and reinforce self esteem.
Provide support for pupils experiencing emotional/behavioural crisis
Support pupils and encourage them to make the appropriate choices about their behaviour
Establish and maintain professional working relationships with students and staff
Be fully aware and of the school policies and procedures, including those relating to safeguarding
Key Requirements:
Experience working with children with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs is essential.
Strong behavior management skills are crucial, as you'll be working with students who may present challenging behaviors.
Resilience is a must-have trait to thrive in this role.
A Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) qualification is desirable or alternative teaching qualifications
Possession of a driving license is preferred, though not required.
Advantages of working in an SEMH environment:
Shorter working hours which will help you to establish a better work life balance.
Smaller class sizes where you can really get to know your students.
Satisfaction in supporting and seeing students reach their full potential.
The key benefits of working with Simply Education:
Your own dedicated SEND consultant with around the clock access via phone.
Access to our Educational Development Managers who provide free CPD training.
Email and SMS confirmation of bookings.
£75 refer-a-friend scheme.
If you like the sound of this or would like some more information, then don’t hesitate in contacting us! Please click apply and send us a copy of your CV or if you would like an informal chat about the job role, please contact Ruth.j@simplyeducation.co.uk or alternatively on 01522 370172 at our Lincoln office.
*As part of the recruitment process, all candidates are required to have 2 years referencing, provide a 10-year history of education/work and have an enhanced DBS check completed. All offers are subject to satisfactory background checks. *
REF: RVJ-SEN059-SPAL