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Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People - Leicestershire, United Kingdom - Leicestershire County Council
Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RF
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: Main Scale (UPS if applicable) £30,000 - £46,525 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) + SEN higher for appropriate qualifications and experience
Working Hours: 0.8 FTE
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24th June 2024
Provisional interview date: Monday 1st July 2024
About the Role
The Hearing Support Team has an exciting and interesting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Teacher for Deaf children. We welcome applications from Qualified Teachers of the Deaf and teachers with SEND qualifications or experience of working with deaf children with a willingness to undertake the mandatory two year training.
We are a team of qualified Teachers of Deaf Children, Educational Audiologist, Hearing Support Practitioners, BSL tutor/practitioner and Audiological technician. The post involves working with families, homes, schools and early years settings across Leicestershire to support positive outcomes for deaf children and young people aged 0-25. The post holder may be required to work within our secondary Hearing Support Centre facilitating the inclusion of the deaf students throughout the school as well as teaching within the centre. We work with both oral and signing deaf children.
The successful applicant will have responsibility for caseload of deaf/hearing impaired children across the age range in and around Leicestershire. The role involves assessment and support of children as well as building deaf awareness, knowledge, skills and understanding through advice, support and training to families, schools, early years settings and colleges.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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About You
Essential requirements:
We are looking for an individual who celebrates equality, diversity and inclusion, challenging discrimination at every level, together as a service and a Council. We warmly welcome those from all cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs.
If you wish to discuss the post please contact Kate Wells, Team Manager, Hearing Support Team on or email and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: .
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