Job Vacancy: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Prospero Teaching are seeking a friendly and confident HLTA to join our client Primary School based in Portsmouth (PO2). Within this role you will be working across all year groups from Pre-School to Year 6. Applicants should be an experienced HLTA or LSA/TA willing to undertake HLTA qualification.
Contract Details:
* Location - Portsmouth (PO2)
* Position - Higher Level Teaching Assistant
* Start date - ASAP
* Contract type - Long Term / Permanent
* Duration / Likely Duration - Ongoing
* Full time/part time - Full Time
* Minimum rate of pay - £15 per hour
Requirements:
* Experience supporting children's learning and development
* Experience with interaction and communication needs
* Excellent communication skills with children, colleagues, and parents
* Confident in covering PPA across the school, including Pre-School
* Flexible in covering classes last minute due to staff absence
* Ability to plan support for individual children's needs
* Independent, proactive, and initiative-driven
* Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding procedures
Responsibilities:
* Supervise whole classes in the teacher's absence
* Use specialist skills to support pupils
* Work unsupervised during PPA cover and fulfil reasonable requests from teaching staff/SLT
* Assist in creating a suitable learning environment
* Evaluate and record pupils' responses through observations
* Implement curriculum programmes at the whole class level
* Manage pupil behaviour and assess progress independently
* Apply school, national, and statutory policies in the workplace
To be eligible for this role through Prospero teaching, you must:
* Hold right to work in the UK
* Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
* Provide two professional child related references
Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:
* Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
* In-house Training and Development Team
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.
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