Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Higher Level Teaching Assistants

40 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Actual Salary per annum £23,795 (FTE £27,120.06)

If you have a relevant qualification, the actual Salary is £24,874.18 per annum (FTE £28,350.05)

We are looking to appoint High level teaching assistants to complement the professional work of the teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. 

Prospective candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• A patient, caring, compassionate and child-centred approach

• Experience of working with special educational needs in an educational setting

• Experience working with autism and attached related needs

• Excellent observation skills and the ability to problem solve and think creatively to enable our children and young people to reimagine their potential

• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in challenging situations

• Line management experience of Teaching Assistants 

• Experience of working with class teachers on individual learning plans

• High level Ability to prepare, plan and deliver learning activities to individual/groups or short term for whole classes, monitor and report on pupil achievements and progress. 

• An interest in and/or skills in working in an outdoor environment.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash. 

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

A completed application is required for consideration of this role, please visit https://rmt.org/careers/. 

Grace Garden School is an specialist school located on an 18-acre smallholding on the outskirts of Bristol, offering a range of outdoor learning activities in practical land and craft work to support the education and development of children and young people. Grace Garden School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.