Teaching Support - Exmouth, United Kingdom - The Deaf Academy

The Deaf Academy

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Exmouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you a Teaching Assistant with a L2 BSL qualification? Or a trainee Communication Support Worker looking for a change in role?

We're recruiting for a new role to support one of our amazing Teachers at the Deaf Academy for a fixed term role of 3 years.

Due to issues with sight for this member of staff, and the requirements for BSL translation, the role is to provide communication support (voicing over) to enable the Teacher to do their role.

The working hours for this role will vary in the week according to the meetings and planning time for the Teacher, starting between 8.15-9am and finishing between pm.

The role is a term time position, plus an additional week (39 weeks), to provide inset day and classroom preparation support out of term time to work flexibly with the needs of the Teacher.

Some overtime may also be claimable.

Working at the Deaf Academy, you can be certain that you are part of a team that does its utmost to inspire and enable our young people to thrive.

Preparing young people for a happy, healthy and fulfilling future is what it's all about for us. The Deaf Academy operates from a £12m new award-winning campus for day and residential students. This is a unique opportunity to join our fantastic team and directly impact our young people's experience.

The role will give a great opportunity to explore other career paths within the academy, including progression for further training.

Key responsibilities:

Provide support to a Teacher with sight difficulties to enable her to access communication with deaf learners of college / further education age
Support the Teacher through sign language communication, notetaking, language modification and lipspeaking
Support the Teacher when they are adapting resources, planning lessons, marking and report writing, in student annual review meetings and meetings where required
Be able to work on own initiative, but with supervision and support of the academy's Learning and Support Manager
Accompany the Teacher on student activities, work experience placement visits, or trips
Maintain current and accurate records of support work at all times

Key Requirements:

A minimum of BSL Level 2 qualification is required, with BSL level 3 as desirable
Level 2 Maths and English (GCSE A*C)
Experience with communication support for a deaf person/learner
Knowledge of Deaf culture and community
Good communication skills, whether written or oral
Ability to liaise with curriculum and support staff at the academy
Empathetic and very patient with a supportive attitude to support students
Reliable and hardworking
Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young adults
Emotional resilience in working with challenging student behaviours
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020)._
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults; as such an enhanced DBS disclosure is required._
The Academy is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all its students and staff. _(Registered Charity No