Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Role: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Contract: Full time, temporary (with the potential for permanent positions)

Start date: April 2025

Salary: Starting at £16 per hour

Are you an experienced HLTA looking for your next challenge within education? Do you have a desire to help young children with additional needs? Do you want to be part of a supportive school that will facilitate career progression? We have the perfect role for you!

Long-Term Teachers have a unique opportunity to join one of our biggest special schools in Devon, providing outstanding educational care and support to students of all ages. Our school is seeking a talented, experienced, bubbly and passionate Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join their team.

Based on a stunning campus surrounded by beautiful woodland and the seaside, our school caters for students with autism and complex needs from 3 - 19 years. Therefore, there are opportunities to work across primary, secondary and post-16 levels. 

With an adapted curriculum, no two days are the same. They have fantastic provisions such as a forest school, woodland walk, bike trail, swimming pool and much more! If you are an outgoing person who loves the outdoors, this is certainly a place you will love to work!

Responsibilities:

• Delivering whole class cover during the absence of the class teacher or during PPA cover
• Support the teacher in personalising the curriculum to allow the students to thrive
• Support the teacher with planning of future lessons
• Implement the schools policies and procedures, including safeguarding the students
• Establish and maintain and enjoyable and safe learning environment
• Engage students in their lessons and foster a love for learning 

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of SEN and strategies to support a diverse range of needs. You must have excellent communication skills and be able to work well within a team. Patience, empathy and a genuine passion for supporting young people is essential. You will have a Level 3 or 4 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in schools, Level 4 Diploma in Childcare and Education, or other relevant qualifications in nursery work or childcare.

If you are an enthusiastic and dedicated professional looking to make a significant impact in a SEN setting, we would love to hear from you. This is a full time position to start as soon as possible. You will be working Monday to Friday, 08:45 - 15:345 term time only.

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.

In addition you will receive: 

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
• Permanent job roles
• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
• Working to Agency Workers Regulations
• Interview preparation, advice and support
• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay