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HLTA (Cover)

HLTA (Cover)

East London Independent School

Newham

  • £27,967 - £31,355 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Term time Only
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
6 October 2024

Job overview

Starting Salary: £27,967 to £31,356 per annum ( TCES Salary Band 6.02)

Location: East London Independent School, Stratford, E15 4HT

Contract: Permanent, Term time only


We are seeking a dedicated Cover Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) who is passionate about supporting our most vulnerable young people. In this multifaceted role, the HLTA will primarily serve as essential support, providing a range of cover that spans classroom lessons, training sessions, and external meetings under the guidance of the deputy headteacher. The Cover HLTA is required to be Flexible and committed as you will be required to support multiple classes, ensuring a nurturing learning experience for our pupils.

You will support pupils with very complex neurodiverse needs, including Autism (ASC) and/or Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, who require intensive nurturing and therapeutic approaches to enable them to gain positive learning and social outcomes.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education; based in London, supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education.

TCES pupils learn at one of our two independent day schools, within our Create or our Home Learning service; Create in the Community and Create Learning Primary support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools or TCES Sixth Form.

TCES East London Independent School is an Ofsted Good rated day school specialising in the Arts, with all pupils encouraged to find and express their creativity and supported to achieve awards alongside traditional subjects


Essential requirements to be successful in the role are: 

  • Substantial experience of managing neurodiverse young people, including those with ASC and/or SEMH, with an understanding of the implications for behaviour and communication.
  • Relevant Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification (or willingness to work towards).
  • Resilient, committed and a hard worker - able to keep going in the face of adversity and never giving up.
  • Ability to work independently and in a task-focused way as directed or guided, according to set targets drawn from pupil’s Individual Education Plan.
  • Ability to work in a child focused way and support them and their families to have genuine voice and participation in meetings, decisions and choices with impact their own lives. 


In return we offer: 

  • Competitive salary and terms and conditions, including school holidays and consistent monthly pay.
  • An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
  • Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
  • Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
  • Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
  • A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.


Closing Date 06 October 2024

To apply

Click Apply and complete the online application form or contact recruitment@ tces.org.uk for more information.

About East London Independent School

The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is a group of Ofsted rated Good and Outstanding schools and services for pupils aged 7 to 19 with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. We are committed to achieving the best outcome for each pupil and their family through access to excellent education and family support.

We provide a sector-leading therapeutic education and pupil leadership curriculum across our two day schools (Newham and East Acton), as well as Create Service, which works with more complex students who need intensive support as part of our ‘step down’ model. In 2020 we launched TCES Home Learning to provide a full curriculum for children who are unable to physically attend school for a variety of reasons, including severe anxiety and school phobia.

TCES East London Independent School is an Ofsted Good rated day school specialising in the Arts, with all pupils encouraged to find and express their creativity and supported to achieve awards alongside traditional subjects.

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