Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Connors House

Kent County Council; Cranbrook; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council's Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children's Service is recruiting a Higher Level Teaching Assistant for the ESOL programme at Oak Manor, Cranbrook. The role centers on planning and delivering tutoring sessions to groups and individuals to boost learning and progression for UAS children in care.

The post requires dedication to vulnerable learners, experience with robust learning plans, and a focus on their safety and wellbeing. It is a full-time, on-site position with DBS checks.

Qualifications

• Motivated to support learning for vulnerable children and young people.
• Experience delivering robust learning plans and education programmes.
• Understanding of safety and wellbeing of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking children.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver tutoring sessions to individuals and groups of UAS children.
• Promote educational engagement, attainment and progress during resettlement.
• Adapt teaching approaches to meet diverse needs of children in care.

Skills

Teaching

ESOL

Safeguarding

Job description

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Connors House

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council's Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Children's 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 Children's 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. For further details please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Rachel Oriel

[e-mail]

07974 437272

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.