Lead Teaching Assistant: Cover

Job details

Job role HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern Full time: 37 hours per week/ 41 weeks per year (term time only plus 2 weeks)

Contract type Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary £24,131 - £25,740 (full time equivalent £26,473 - £28,239)

What skills and experience we're looking for

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Always oversubscribed, we are expanding our school so that more local families can experience the excellent education offered here at [Employer hidden] for over two decades! Therefore, we wish to extend our Student Support team. You will be working closely with the Assistant Headteacher: Inclusivity to deliver lessons to classes in the absence of their usual teacher. This role is for those that enjoy a challenge, working with students and doing something different every day. Previous experience in a similar role is desirable.

If you are ambitious and looking to take the next step, we will invest in your development and offer rapid career progression.

[Employer hidden] is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference that they can make to our students’ outcomes. We expect all staff to be actively involved in the personal development of our young people and to show full commitment to their own and the school’s professional development.

[Employer hidden] and its Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; and they expect all staff to share this commitment.

Key Purposes:

• To provide cover.
• To deliver lessons to classes in the absence of their usual subject teacher.
• To assist teachers in their preparation and delivery of the curriculum.
• To provide administrative support across the curriculum.
• To deliver Learning Development and Accelerated Reader lessons.
• To provide support to students so they are empowered to successfully manage their own learning beyond lessons.
• To be a tutor and play an active role in the establishment of their House ethos.
• To promote restorative practice at every opportunity, in meetings and communications, with parents, students and colleagues, to maintain the strong, inclusive ethos of the school.

What the school offers its staff

A great way to start in education is by starting as a teaching assistant. Full training is provided with lots of opportunities for development and progress. These roles are often a springboard to teaching should you consider this to be your professional development avenue. In addition, this is a great opportunity to shape young people’s futures, receive immense job satisfaction in a highly rewarding career, invest in your future and gain experience at [Employer hidden].

Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff is motivated by the positive difference they will make to the personal development and the futures of our young people of Portsmouth. It was formed when [Employer hidden] became a converter academy in April 2014 and sponsored Trafalgar School, which is now our thriving partner Secondary School in Portsmouth.

You will be joining a well-established, innovative team, who enjoy working together, supporting each other to provide and assist teachers in the preparation and delivery of the curriculum.

Sharing good practice is commonplace amongst all teams in our school and our professional learning programme will give you the chance to support colleagues across the school as they really think about how best to build relationships with students and with each other, focusing on restorative practice and further developing our core values of high expectations, inclusivity and wellbeing. We pride ourselves on helping great support staff become the best they can be no matter where they are in their career and as a Lead Teaching Assistant you will play a role in the development of staff within the team and across the school at all stages of their careers.

If you are ambitious and looking to take the next step, we will invest in your development and offer rapid career progression.

[Employer hidden] Employee Benefits:

• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
• Employer contribution to the Local Government or Teacher Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to sign up to the bike2work scheme
• Free parking

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Salterns Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Please note an online search will be conducted at the shortlisting stage

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

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