Specialist Teaching Assistant (deaf children)

 

Application Deadline: Thursday 16th May 2024 

Shortlisting Date: Monday 20th May 2024

Interview Date: Friday 24th May 2024

Interview Type: Face to face

 

 

To start as soon as possible, we are seeking an enthusiastic and committed person to join our service as a Specialist Teaching Assistant to support the development, learning, and inclusion of deaf children and young people who use either speaking and listening and/or BSL signed communication.  

 

The role is within a team in a service providing specialist support for deaf children and young people, working under the guidance of the Head of Service, Team leader and Specialist Teachers of deaf children and young people. 

 

 

The successful candidate for this post will be a person who would like to use or develop skills and experience in working in the specialist deaf education sector. We welcome and will consider applications from candidates who are not experienced in deaf education, but who have a background, knowledge or strong interest in working with deaf children. Excellent communication skills are essential, including a minimum of British Sign Language level 2. 

 

 

The post will be mainly based at either our primary or secondary schools resourced provisions for deaf children/young people. You would be supported in your role by a friendly team and the team leader for deaf children and young people.  Further professional development opportunities will be provided. We welcome applicants who are deaf or hearing. The Hearing and Vision Specialist Service is committed to safeguarding children and young people and this post will require an enhanced DBS check. 

 

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. 

 

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

 

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