Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,539 - £26,251 actual plus Outer London Fringe £579 pro rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019 until 31/08/2020
- Apply by:
- 17 June 2019
Job overview
Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Salary: £22,539 - £26,251 actual
Scale SO1 - SO2 Points 29 – 34 plus OFW £579 pro rata
36 hours per week, term time only for 39 weeks per year including INSET days.
Fixed Term until 31/08/2020
Parkwood Hall School is a Special Needs Residential provision for students with moderate to severe learning difficulties. The children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. Our aim is to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which challenges students to achieve success.
Due to an increase in pupil numbers attending the school we need to recruit a highly qualified Higher Level Teaching Assistant to meet this demand. The successful candidate will join a school where we invest in our staff and create skilled class teams.
This is an important role, leading a team of staff in the support and development of the day time educational environment for students. This involves working closely with class teachers and the senior leadership team to plan and support the students’ learning, including social skills, life and independent skills and personal development. The HLTAs manage the Senior Teaching Assistants and through them a team of around twenty Teaching Assistants.
Applicants will be expected to hold a relevant HLTA qualification, have experience of working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and be able to demonstrate an ability to make a positive contribution to education management and organisation. Experience of managing others is desirable.
The core hours for this post are between 8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
The position is for 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time + INSET days.
If you are:
• Energetic, enthusiastic and hard working
• Passionate about working with pupils who have special needs
• Conscientious and innovative
• Committed to working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Confident in dealing with children who may sometimes displaying challenging behaviours.
Then you are the person we are looking for!
All posts are subject to references, enhanced clearance from the DBS and a 6 month probation period
Application forms and information can be found at www.parkwoodhall.co.uk
or by sending your email address to info@parkwoodhall.co.uk stating the name of the vacancy. Please note that we cannot accept CVs alone.
Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Applications are invited from black and ethnic minority candidates and from men, as these groups are under-represented on the school's staff. (Race Relations Act sections 35-38 apply).
This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and DBS Disclosure is required.
Closing date: Noon 17th June 2019
Interview date: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
About Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy
Mission Statement: growth through personal and social development
Parkwood Hall Special Needs School converted to a Co-operative Academy in 2015 to secure our independent future, having first become Foundation Trust School in 2014. We are now in the fortunate position of owning our buildings and the 78 acres of wood and parkland in which our school is set on the outskirts of Swanley.
We are ideally situated just off the junction of the M25 and the M20 and are able to offer both day and residential places to students from the London Boroughs, Kent and the South East of England. Our places are in demand and we are currently over-subscribed. We have the capacity to increase the number of places offered through careful planning and development.
Our school admits children with significant learning disabilities and a variety of additional needs. Although we are improving the accessibility of our buildings and grounds, we are not yet able to fully meet the needs of students who rely on wheels for their mobility. Our small classes of around 6-8 students mostly learn in large classrooms in the main building with plenty of opportunity for outdoor learning, and access to our two Forest School sites. We employ a diverse team of therapists who work with our teachers to accelerate learning. All our students benefit from a free school lunch, cooked on site by our catering team.
Our buildings are mainly Victorian, we started out as a Convalescent Home in 1892, with a market garden growing produce for the residents, and the original house in the grounds becoming the Nurses’ Home. Some of our staff currently live on site here now. We also have a boarding house in the grounds and a gatehouse, as well as many other outhouses, and even a derelict old laundry deep in the woods!
Our calm nurturing ethos, and our well supported staff create a great environment in which to learn. Our Ofsted judgements are good and our parents are our strongest supporters. Here are some quotes from the latest parental survey:
“The school meets his needs, and has allowed him to calm down, know he is safe, and start to
grow into the young man I am so proud of today.”
“It has literally been the happiest he has ever been in school. This has had such a positive effect
on him and on us as a family as a whole, helping to keep us together. “
“The first time I have not had to worry about him when he is not with family, because Parkwood had become a second family to him. “
“We have daily contact book and PEP, school review and phone contact”
“My daughter is respected and well looked after by every member of staff”
Whilst we are a stand alone Academy we take our co-operative values very seriously. They are Self-Responsibility, Self-Help, Equality, Solidarity, Democracy, and Equity. In addition, our ethical values are Honesty, Openness, Social Responsibility and Caring for Others. We are on the look out for ways in which we can co-operate for educational and social purpose.
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