Higher Level Teaching Assistant

A helping hand from you. A headstart for them.

As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant at Pontville School, you’ll have a key role to play in the development of our pupils. We want all our young people to have the best chance of success in life, and the right support in the classroom can really make an enormous difference. Our young people have social communication difficulties, ASD and speech, language and communication difficulties which calls for extra dedication. As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, you have to be understanding and committed. Help them progress and you’ll have every opportunity to do the same with your career.

The Role
As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, you’ll be working directly with the young people in the classroom every day. You’ll help them learn, monitor their work and help raise their self-esteem. As your skills are well developed, you will have additional duties, such as helping with planning meetings, working without supervision and liaising with teachers to devise complementary learning activities. Above all, you’ll need to be resilient and dedicated to the wellbeing of our young people.

Your profile
With your previous experience in a Teaching Assistant role and your NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, and HLTA qualification, you’ll have up-to-date knowledge of welfare and safeguarding practices within Education. We need you to build great relationships with all our young people, so you can motivate them to do well and be the best that they can be. If you’re emotionally strong and good in a team, we can offer a role with exciting prospects.  There are occasional meetings outside school hours, which your attendance will be required.

About us
Pontville School is a co-educational, independent specialist day and residential school, providing education and care for up to 140 pupils between the ages of 5 and 19 years with social

communication difficulties, ASD and speech, language and communication difficulties. The school is set in fantastic grounds, allowing us to deliver a creatively designed curriculum, aimed at providing pupils with opportunities so that they can reach milestones in education and make progress with their emotional wellbeing and social development.

Reward
We know you’re going to do great things as part of our brilliant team. To say thank you, we offer a salary and benefits package that’s among the best in our sector. In return for your hard work, you’ll enjoy a competitive salary, full school holidays (including bank holidays), contributory pension (matched up to 5%), Life Insurance based on two times your annual base salary, comprehensive induction and ongoing training, Medicash Health Plan/Employee Assistance and Cycle to Work Scheme. We’ll also cover the cost of your Enhanced DBS check, which is a compulsory part of our recruitment process.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Genevieve Watt – Senior Administrator on 01695 578734.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please see our website.