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Specialist Services Support HLTA

Specialist Services Support HLTA

Addington Special School

Addington School at Woodley, RG5 3EU & Addington Early Years Centre at Farley Hill RG7 1UB

  • £20,843 - £23,705 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
plus £1,067 SEN Allowance per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
9 July 2023

Job overview

Hours:  32.5 per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days

 We are looking for …

·       A Specialist Services Support HLTA to work collaboratively with our Behaviour Support Service, ASD Service, Outreach Service and class teams to support pupils with learning disabilities across Addington and Wokingham via our Outreach Service.

·       An applicant with previous experience of working with pupils with learning disabilities to provide group and 1-2-1 support for identified pupils whilst establishing and building positive relationships.

·       A skilled communicator who will be sensitive to pupils’ needs. Using a non-confrontational approach, you will have the ability to support and enable pupils to extend and enhance their access to the school curriculum and maintain their school placement.

The role will include the training of staff and parents from Addington and other Wokingham schools, CPD will be provided for this.  The successful applicant will be required to work at both of our school sites (Woodley and Farley Hill).

We can offer …

·       The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘Outstanding’

·       An environment committed to staff development and growing leadership

·       A school with a coaching and collaborative culture

·       A school where creativity and innovation is encouraged, with a skilled and supportive Behaviour Support team.

We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all of our staff.

Addington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees of Addington school are required to undergo safeguarding checks which will include reference checks and enhanced DBS check.

To discuss this role further, please contact Amanda Cherry, HR Manager on 0118 966 9073. Whilst it is not possible to visit the Early Years Centre in Farley Hill at present, visits to our main school site are welcome. 

To apply, please submit an application form, please note we are unable to accept CVs.   

 Closing Date: 9th July 2023

Interview Date: Thursday 13th July 2023

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About Addington Special School

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+44 118 966 9073

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Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.​

All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan and we are currently accommodating up to 308 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites. ​

Based in Woodley and Farley Hill and currently a Wokingham maintained school, we are very fortunate to have 2 purpose built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a new 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre that admitted 16 new pupils in September 23. We will admit a further 16 in September 24, and a further 8 in September 25 to complete the 40 place provision. ​

We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework. ​

We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music a particular focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.​

We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.​

We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all our staff.

Our Aims

  • To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
  • To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
  • To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
  • To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
  • To create a challenging forward thinking culture.

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