Job Description

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Enlighten Supply Pool has a number of long term and temporary bookings for HLTAs in Hounslow.

As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, you will support young people with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

As a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, your areas of responsibility will include:

• Complementing the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed activities under an agreed system of supervision. This may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes and monitoring children and assessing, recording and reporting on their achievement, progress and development.
• The management and development of teaching within the academy and/or management of other teaching assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.
• Under an agreed system of supervision, taking a lead role within the academy to address the needs of children who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning.
• Encouraging children to become independent learners, providing support for their welfare, and supporting the inclusion of children in all aspects of academy life.

What We are Looking For

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Good knowledge of a range of learning barriers, including special needs.
• Experience of contributing to and assessing provision for children with a range of needs.
• Some knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• School based experience as a TA, or equivalent.

If you are interested, please contact Labi.

Interviews for this HLTA role are being arranged for next week.

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