Role: Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Location: Exeter
Contract: Flexible (long term, permanent opportunities also available)
Salary: Starting at £16 per hour
Are you passionate about nurturing and empowering young people? Do you have the resilience, empathy and drive to embrace challenges and make a real difference? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Long-Term teachers are seeking a higher level teaching assistant to provide essential support in the absence of the class teacher. This fantastic opportunity is at a special educational needs provision in the heart of Exeter, providing high-quality education and support to students aged 7 - 18.
About the role:
As a higher level teaching assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting both students and teachers. You will cover classes in the absence of the class teacher, delivering pre-planned lessons. You will also be involved in general teaching assistant duties, providing essential support across the school.
The responsibilities of a higher level teaching assistant will go beyond the classroom, including:
* Assisting with planning and delivering engaging learning activities
* Mentoring students and helping them unlock their potential
* Covering classes when needed and leading targeted interventions
This rewarding role offers a supportive environment with small class sizes. You’ll work with students who have social, emotional and mental health needs, autism and high levels of anxiety. Your role is vital in helping students thrive in a tailored learning setting.
Who we’re looking for:
* Level 4 HLTA qualification (or equivalent)
* Previous experience working with young people in the UK
* Sound understanding of special educational needs and strategies to support young people
* Confident in leading a class and managing challenging behaviour
* A commitment to professional growth - we provide ongoing training and development opportunities
* A genuine desire to inspire and support young people on their educational journey
This is a flexible role, working Monday to Friday, term time only. We also have other opportunities on a longer term basis so please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further!
If you’re ready to take on this meaningful role and contribute to the success of our students, we would love to hear from you!
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