Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Connors House

Kent County Council; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is recruiting a Higher Learning Teaching Assistant to support the ESOL programme for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) children in Kent. The role focuses on planning and delivering tutoring to individuals and groups at Reception Centres or Children’s Homes, promoting attendance, attainment and progress for these vulnerable youths.

You will work in a dedicated service known for outstanding social care practice, at the Oak Manor Reception Centre in Cranbrook, contributing to

Qualifications

• Motivated to support learning for a vulnerable group of children and young people.
• Experience delivering robust learning plans aligned to the agreed education programme.
• Understanding of safety and wellbeing of UAS children.
• Ability to adapt teaching approaches to meet individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver tutoring sessions to individuals and groups of UAS children at Reception Centres or Children's Homes in Kent.
• Promote educational engagement, attainment and progress of these young people in care awaiting transfer under NTS.
• Work in Oak Manor, Cranbrook, with UAS children as part of the ESOL programme.
• Maintain a customer-facing role with clear communication and professional conduct.

Skills

Teaching

ESOL experience

Lesson planning

Adapt teaching

Education

HLTA qualification

Job description

Role Responsibility

Kent County Councils Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Childrens Service provides accommodation and support to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent. The Service leads on social care practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent, which Ofsted recognises as Outstanding. The Service is developing as a centre of excellence for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children that can show case social care and social work practice nationally. We are seeking passionate and skilled professionals to join us on this journey.

We have an exciting opportunity available for one Higher Learning Teaching Assistant, as part of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Programme for UAS Children.

This is an opportunity to work in a Service where you will be responding to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, supporting their learning needs as a key component to their resettlement into the UK.

The primary focus of the post is to plan and deliver tutoring sessions to individuals and groups of UAS children placed at the Reception Centres or Childrens Homes in Kent and to promote the educational engagement, attainment and progress of these young people, who are in care to Kent, and are waiting for a transfer to the care of other local authorities on the National Transfer Scheme (NTS).

We are looking for applicants who are:

• Highly motivated and dedicated to supporting the learning needs of a vulnerable group children and young people
• Experienced in delivering robust learning plans, covering the agreed education programme
• Understanding of the safety and wellbeing of UAS children
• Able to adapt their teaching approaches to best meet the needs of the children and young people

The post is full time and we are taking applications for a HLTA to work with UAS children in our Reception Centre, Oak Manor, located in Cranbrook.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council 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 Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service.