Hlta

The Progress Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Death in Service Insurance

Maternity/Paternity leave

Wellbeing app access

Counselling support

Discounts and rewards

Referral bonus £500

Weekly senior leader drop-ins

Job summary

The Progress Group is seeking a HLTA to join Progress Schools Tees Valley on a fixed-term contract until July 2027. You will support learners with additional needs, delivering tailored learning in collaboration with teachers and support staff.

Based at Tees Valley, you will help create a nurturing, inclusive environment, assist with assessments, and contribute to safeguarding and wellbeing. The role offers a supportive leadership team and ongoing professional development within a values‑driven

Qualifications

• Engagement with learners and ability to bring fresh ideas to the classroom and beyond.
• Passion for making a positive impact on students' lives.
• Experience in a school, AP, PRU or specialist setting.
• Understanding of alternative provision and special needs.
• Aptitude for solving problems and making effective decisions.
• Professional communication with students and staff.
• Commitment to equality, safeguarding and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with additional needs in a SEN provision.
• Assist with planning, delivery and assessment under supervision.
• Promote wellbeing, safeguarding and positive behaviours.
• Collaborate with teachers and SEN staff to monitor progress.

Skills

Engagement skills

Emotional support

Experience in school

Understanding of alternative provision

Problem solving

Communication

Values promotion

Time management

Job description

Join us as a HLTA: Empower Futures! Are you passionate about supporting young people with additional needs to thrive in education and beyond? Fixed Term Contract until July 2027 At Progress Schools, we believe in relational, student-centred education. This new specialist setting at our Tees Valley school has been designed in response to local need, enabling us to deliver a highly personalised, supportive learning environment for young people who benefit from a more tailored approach. We are a nurturing organisation. One who cares about our people as much as we care about delivering exceptional education to our students. As such, we invest in our colleagues and our schools, and we're always seeking new and innovative ways to enhance our provision, both inside and outside the classroom. Our top-notch people benefits go beyond the basics and we place a lot of emphasis on wellbeing. Our colleagues enjoy access to discounted gym memberships, a free wellbeing app that is jam packed with
fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources and dedicated counselling support. And because we know your passion is with pupils and not paperwork, we do everything we can to reduce the amount of surplus admin too. Your work-life balance matters. That's why we offer generous holidays, additional leave for foster carers and flexibility wherever possible. And why do we do this? Because when you thrive, so do our students. So we want to invest in your personal and professional growth as much as we do the young people who attend our schools. But that's not all, we also offer...

Benefits

• Professional Development: Support for professional qualifications, in-house training, including paid qualifications.
• Last year we invested approx. £3.5k per colleague!
• Financial Security: Death in Service Insurance providing four times your salary.
• Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave.
• Health and Wellbeing Cashback: Access to Medicash for you and your dependants, covering the costs of eye tests,
  optical, dental, prescriptions, and holistic treatments up to £900 annually.
• Recognition Awards: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Recognition Awards.
• Referral Bonus: £500 for referring top talent.
• Exclusive Discounts: MiRewards benefits platform, offering loads of discounts and rewards Weekly drop ins with Senior Leaders: Connect, clarify and communicate with weekly drop-ins with our Managing Director and organisation SLT Group Connection: Annual Group conference and a comprehensive benefits review.

Requirements

• Engagement Skills: Ability to engage learners and support their ambitions. To bring fresh ideas and creativity to the classroom and outside it.
• Emotional Support: Passionate about making a positive impact on students' lives.
• Experience: Have worked in a school, AP, PRU or specialist setting
• Knowledge: Have an understanding of alternative provision and dealing with students with special needs.
• Problem-Solving: Aptitude for solving problems and
  making effective decisions.
• Communication: Professional communication with students and staff.
• Promotion of Values: Commitment to promoting equality, diversity, safeguarding, wellbeing, and British values.
• Time Management: Effective time management for planning, delivery, and assessment.

More about the school you will work in

You'll be based at Progress Schools Tees Valley which currently supports pupils to achieve their potential. Your role will focus on supporting a small cohort of students in our newly created SEN specialist provision setting within the school. We provide an appropriate curriculum and wrap around support for young people that is grounded in relational practice. All the students you will support will have additional needs, with an EHCP in place. This means that some days will be more challenging than others, but every one of our students has the potential to thrive, and that's where you come in.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

The Progress Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information, or parental status. All employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs.

Safeguarding Statement

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting all children and young people by implementing robust safer recruitment practices. For details of our commitment to safer recruitment please visit our website for further information.

Note: We are unable to
provide Visa sponsorship for this role.