Position Start Date: Immediate
Contract Type: Part-time
Contract Term: Fixed
Application Close: 17/01/2025 Midday
Date of Interviews: TBC
Job title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) - 2 Year Fixed Term
Hours: 37 hours
Contract type: Full Time - Term Time
Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher SENCO
Southend YMCA Community School is seeking to appoint a HLTA for 37 hours per week (term time only) to work in our nurturing environment for our current year 10 to 12 students for a fixed term of 2 years in the first instance.
We are looking to appoint a HLTA to support the effective learning of students and manage behavior. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting effective pastoral care to promote students' social and emotional progress as well as their learning. They are also required to contribute and be involved in extracurricular activities and the wider life of the school community.
We are looking for the right person to join our team, who must be passionate about our students' education and dedicated to teaching the hardest to reach young people in our community. The best candidate will have a commitment to trauma-informed practice and understand the power of learning in helping young people who come to the Southend YMCA Community School, to 'come with a past, leave with a future'.
Southend YMCA Community School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage, or civil partnership.
Southend YMCA is an alternative provision providing education and support for students who are unable to access mainstream education. We have a mixed cohort of learners with different needs varying from an EHCP, SEN, and emotional regulation barriers.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange, please contact Amanda Barling at 01702 212541 or e-mail amandabarling@ymca.southend.sch.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Should we receive a high number of applicants, we will reserve the right to withdraw the advert and interview before the close date.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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