HLTA's

HLTA's required

Teaching Personnel in partnership with SEN and SEMH schools in Preston and surrounding areas are recruiting HLTA's. The schools cater for pupils aged 4-16 with complex social, emotional and mental health difficulties along with special educational needs such as Autism. Pupils who attend these schools tend to display challenging behaviours and may display oppositional defiance behaviours. Many pupils have previously had a bad experience within education, therefore, there may be large gaps within their education, and many will have a negative perspective on their education.

In order to combat the negative perception of education the school creates an environment in which pupils may thrive. The school ensures that all pupils have an enriched curriculum including core subjects and more vocational subjects such as sports, motor vehicle, hair dressing and enrichment. The school, which has smaller class sizes than normal, has a dynamic teaching style which the pupils which can engage with.

The HLTA role will include:

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in groups.
• Provide academic intervention on the core subjects including English, Maths and Science.
• Mentoring and assesing pupils.
• Deescalate challenging situations.
• Provide positive encouragement for all pupils.

Key Information:

• The chance to work with wonderful individual children and young adults.
• A full time role, Monday to Friday (8.30-3.30pm) start date September 2024.
• Term-time only role. 
• PAYE contract.
• Preston based.
• A compettitive hourly rate of pay of £12.90+ per hour depending on experience and additional duties. 

The school would be interested in a candidate who has previous experience supporting children who display challenging behaviours. They would also consider applications from Sports Coaches, Carers, Residential support workers, Youth Workers and those with the experience within the Prison system or the Military.

The school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced Child only Disclosure and Barring Service Check on the update service, please do not apply if you do not hold one of these or are not willing to apply for one.

If this sounds like a role which you are interested in, please apply by sending a copy of your CV to katie.wilson@teachingpersonnel.com

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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