What skills and experience we're looking for
Tees Valley Collaborative Trust, based in the North East of England, is a well established organisation with social inclusion, educational excellence and widening participation at the heart of its values.
At the Stockton Sixth Form College site, we are seeking to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to support with the smooth running of a dedicated faculty offering provision for secondary students (11-16) with Social, Emotional & Mental Health Needs (SEMH), who:
• Can support teaching staff in the delivery of the national curriculum and contribute to the development of other support staff and students.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and empathy for learning difficulties and disabilities and have emotional resilience to work with challenging students
• Has experience of liaising with outside agencies, such as the Local Authority
• Holds a level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification, or equivalent
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits include:
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme for all our support staff
• Opportunities for training and professional development
• Childcare Vouchers
• Cycle Scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Discounted nursery provision on the Prior Pursglove College site (available to all Trust employees)
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.