Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) - Nurture, Inspire, Achieve

The ideal candidates for NIA HLTA will:
 

1. Nurture: Lead Therapeutic Practitioner
•Advanced Behavioural Support: Lead high-level interventions for pupils with significant emotional and behavioural difficulties, utilising "Therapeutic Thinking" to foster positive responses.
•Relationship Architect: Develop and oversee deep, professional relationships with pupils, acting as a senior role model.
•Safeguarding Advocacy: Maintain the highest standards of pupil welfare, ensuring all trauma-informed practices align with college safeguarding and equality policies.
 

2. Inspire: Educational Innovation
•Classroom Leadership: Autonomously plan and deliver ambitious learning activities, taking full lead of groups or classes to ensure continuity of high-quality education.
•Creative Engagement: Design bespoke strategies to re-motivate pupils who have faced previous educational barriers, sparking curiosity and a drive for life skills.
•Strategic Pupil Enrichment: Orchestrate and lead offsite educational activities, ensuring learning extends beyond the classroom into real-world environments.
 

3. Achieve: Driving Systemic Outcomes
•Collaborative Leadership: Act as a key link between teachers, families, and external multi-agency professionals to ensure a holistic approach to pupil achievement.
•Empowering Independence: Focus on equipping pupils with the essential literacy, social, and presentation skills required to reach their full potential and secure recognised qualifications.
 

In return, we can offer you:
•A bright, modern College with a creative approach to working with young people
•Excellent opportunities for professional development
•A friendly and supportive staff team, dedicated to improving pupil outcomes and life chances
•A Senior Leadership Team that encourages team working, innovation and the use of solution-based thinking