Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Location: Priory - Bury St. Edmunds
Job Type: 34 hours per week, 39 weeks per year - Permanent
Salary: £25,119 per annum - £27,334 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: £18,030 per annum - £21,321 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with moderate learning difficulties?
We're looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to create a safe, nurturing, and inclusive learning environment that empowers students to develop self-confidence, independence, and the skills they need to thrive.
Why Join Us?
As an HLTA, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering lessons, supporting students one-to-one or in small groups, and fostering positive relationships between school and home. This is your chance to combine your specialist skills with Trauma-Informed Schools (TIS) strategies to truly impact the lives of young people.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including:
* Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
* Family friendly policies and flexible working
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee wellbeing initiatives
* Free parking
* Canteen
* Company events
* Access to various memberships and discount schemes
* Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
* Funded subject course development for your role
* Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
* Career progression opportunities
As a Group, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.
This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.
The Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Application Process
For further information please contact our recruitment team at: recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Completed application forms should be made via our recruitment portal - if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Closing Date:
8.00am on Friday, 28th February
Interviews:
To be held shortly thereafter and throughout the recruitment period
Please note that we reserve the right to appoint a successful candidate prior to 28.02.2025 - early applications are encouraged.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
The Group is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest!
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