Higher Level Teaching Assistant

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Speech and Language HLTA to work alongside our SENCO, teachers and external professionals in supporting pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). The successful candidate will hold a relevant HLTA qualification (or equivalent) together with experience of delivering speech and language interventions. They will play a key role in planning, delivering and evaluating targeted interventions, supporting pupils to develop their communication skills and ensuring they can access learning successfully. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of children with additional communication needs whilst working as part of a committed and supportive team. If you are passionate about inclusion, communication and helping every child to achieve their full potential, we would love to hear from you. Fairford Academy Barnehurst is a two-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust. We are committed to providing an inclusive, nurturing and ambitious learning environment where every child is supported to achieve their full potential. Partnership working across the Trust is encouraged and supported. About Our Trust Illuminate Minds Trust is a small but aspirational trust with ambitions to grow and work collaboratively with primary mainstream and SEND schools in order to creatively meet the needs of all pupils in our communities. We are highly inclusive and forward-thinking, believing that every child deserves the best education with the mission statement of “Excellence Every Day” as the golden thread woven through our schools. Illuminate Minds is proud of our schools’ inclusive principles, creative solutions to SEND, our culture of embedded safeguarding and the focus we put on quality CPD, evidence-based research and our coaching culture. We encourage all of our staff to engage in professional development and peer support with the aim of everyone working together to strengthen our offer and achieve their best. We recognise that for our pupils to succeed and make outstanding progress, they need staff working with them who are committed to the continual drive for improvement and keen to upskill themselves. If you believe that every child has the potential to achieve and experience success, truly enjoy working with children and understand the value of education as a means of opening doors and widening horizons, then Illuminate Minds may be the right organisation for you! Our core purpose is “Excellence Every Day” through:- Working with children, young people and their families to promote engagement in learning and a work ethic which will help them secure a positive future. Delivering a curriculum in every school which meets the needs of the cohort and supports the development of rounded individuals with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and have agency over their futures. Offering experiences which are rich and diverse and widen the perspectives of all of our pupils beyond their lived experiences, reducing gaps and disadvantage. Encouraging participation and ownership of the school communities by all members of our staff to enable Trust development through contribution and collaboration. Creating a coaching culture to develop a workforce which is flexible to meet the need of every child or young person within our academies and “future proofs” us as a Trust in an ever-changing landscape. Developing systems and processes which safeguard our communities and reduce workload through sharing of resources and practices and avoidance of duplication. Ensuring the learning environment is fit for purpose, safe and stimulating to support the development of confident, happy pupils who want to attend school and are kept safe. Ethical leadership of the Trust Recruitment Information You can apply for this vacancy using the apply button above. References will be requested for shortlisted candidates prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted. Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school. Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behavior that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct. This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages. A copy of the job description, our child protection & safeguarding policy and recruitment pack are attached for your information. Link to our website: https://www.illuminateminds.org/ We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.