HLTA SEND Emotional Wellbeing and Behaviour

About the role we are looking to appoint:

Discovery Special Academy is seeking to appoint a pro-active, enthusiastic, energetic and reliable Emotional Wellbeing and Behaviour Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join the Tees Valley Education Trust and the growing academy. Having recently been approved to expand into secondary phase, this position would be to work with pupils from Nursery to Year 11 with complex learning, sensory, communication and behaviour needs. 

You will be contributing to and participating in the team working ethos of the provision whilst maintaining its core values by: 

·      enabling children and young people to be successful through supporting excellent attitudes towards learning and behaviour

·      supporting children and young people’s emotional wellbeing, enabling them to be kept safe 

What we are looking for:

We are looking to appoint an Emotional Wellbeing and Behaviour HLTA who is confident, a strong communicator and is a team worker, to provide emotional and behavioural support to pupils across the academy.  You will be positive, emotionally resilient and have a holistic approach in supporting the needs of vulnerable children and young people. An understanding of the reasons for behaviour choices is vital and the ability to put strategies into place to support pupils and the academy will be required. Proven experience of working directly with children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties is essential for this role. 

At Discovery Special Academy we use de-escalation strategies to calm and support our pupils with their emotions.  However, there are times when it is necessary to positively handle