What skills and experience we're looking for

Hillcrest Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant to be based within our Harmony Hub provision. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy. The successful candidate will work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff to support access to learning for pupils with SEND and provide general support in the management of pupils.

The ideal applicant will have:

• Experience with working with or caring for children of the relevant age range in a learning context.
• Higher Level Teaching Assistant Status or working towards this.
• Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy or willingness to work towards.
• Ability to support children with varying SEND diagnosis and allow them to access learning.
• The ability to work constructively as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.