HLTA (SEN) Communication and Interaction Facilitator
Watling View School
Hertfordshire
- £23,080 - £25,481 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- H6. £17,141 - £18,933 pro rata.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2022
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a HLTA to work with our amazing pupils who have severe learning difficulties (SLD) and profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and Autism.
The post holder will be required to work flexibly as part of teaching support staff with guidance from SLT and class teachers to fulfil the following responsibilities. This role requires a significant commitment to whole class teaching in line with school policy. The post holder is going to play an important role in the development of pupil’s communication and interaction at Watling View.
- H6 FTE salary is £23,080 - £25,481. Pro rata salary for term time + INSET is £17,141 - £18,933.
- 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks of the year (school term time only + INSET days and Twilight Sessions)
- Please note, on Wednesdays all staff work until 4.45pm for training and meetings time
We are proud of our:
- Extraordinary pupils
- Innovative, dedicated staff
- Excellent support and encouragement from Governors and the Senior Leadership Team
- Varied and superb quality professional development (CPD)
- School community that continually strives to improve
- Ethos of focusing on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all pupils and staff
We will offer you:
- A new starter induction programme
- Membership to Herts Rewards, our employee benefits scheme including discounts and cashback for high street shops and online shopping
- Subscription to our comprehensive Healthcare and Wellbeing package
- A varied and ongoing professional development programme (CPD)
- Extensive sick pay from the 1st day of absence (after 6 months service)
- Generous pension provision • Various staff social events during the academic year
- Optional Childcare Vouchers scheme
- Opportunity to earn overtime for working at our after school clubs
- Annual appraisal programme
- Annual Occasional Day
- Free on-site car park
Watling View is a Good School (Ofsted, March 2020), catering for the needs of children and young people with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties (3 to 19 years in age). A significant number of our pupils have autism. We aim to develop and enhance the potential of our pupils through an ethos and philosophy which emphasises that we are all of equal value as members of an interdependent supportive community.
Watling View is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory clearance of enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, including the barred lists, as well as all other pre-appointment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2021).
Visits to the school are usually highly recommended. Please call Jo Roberts, School Business Manager on 01727 850560 #6 to arrange a call.
Please do not send CV’s as only completed application forms will be considered.
The school website can be seen at www.watlingview.herts.sch.uk.
Interview Date: 25th February 2022. All candidates will be asked to take a lateral flow test (LFT) prior to attending an interview.
Watling View School, Watling View, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 2NU Tel:
01727 850560 Email: admin@watlingview.herts.sch.uk
Closing date: 21/02/2022 12:00:00
Interview date: 25th Feb 2022
For more information and to apply online : www.teachinherts.com
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About Watling View School
Welcome to Watling View School
Watling View is a 2-19 maintained special school in St Albans, in the county of Hertfordshire. The school caters for up to 92 pupils, with a wide range of complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay.
We are passionate about our vision, which guides us in all that we do for our pupils.
“Watling View - Be kind, Be responsible, Be the Best You Can”.
Our mission statement and values informs our way of working:
* We are led by Watling View’s vision
* We develop learners to be the “best” they can
* We respect and value differences
* We foster a safe, happy, inclusive and calm environment
* We know, understand and meet the needs of each child
* We build on strengths and overcome barriers
* We maximise potential, independence, communication skills and celebrate achievements
* We prepare learners for each stage of learning, including preparation for adulthood
* We provide a highly individualised curriculum for each of our pupils
* We are effective communicators
* We work with parents, carers, other professionals and the wider community
* We strive to be a centre of excellence to promote best practice and secure excellent outcomes for all pupils
Teachers and support staff are well qualified in the forefront of curriculum delivery for children with Special Educational Needs. Staff work closely with specialist medical staff, including Speech and language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and pediatric nurses and doctors. The school also employs a Music Therapist whose expertise provides significant support to children and their parents in the exploration of communication and development in a safe, protective environment. We have specialist teachers in the area of PE, Swimming, Horticulture and Food Technology. Many staff are trained in rebound therapy.
However, the best way to learn about our school and the way we work at Watling View is to make an appointment and visit us and see the school in action. We actively encourage families and friends to be involved in all aspects of school life and aim to work in partnership with parents and carers enabling our pupils to realise their potential.
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