Specialist Teaching Assistant (Supporting Hearing Impairment and Delivering Learning, BSL)
We are lookingfor an empathic, enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join our school.
This TeachingAssistant role involves supporting a child who has a hearing impairment.
It is veryimportant to us that we get the right person for this role. We are looking forsomeone trained in British Sign Language (Level 2 or Level 3).
The hours ofwork will be 8.30am until 3.15pm, Monday to Friday, with a 30 minute break forlunch.
Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the pupil’s access to the curriculum and participation in the lifeof the school by communicating in Sign Supported English (using BSL Level 2).
- Supporting the pupil to play and communicate with peers.
- Supporting other staff and children within the school to use Sign SupportedEnglish.
- Providing support as agreed with the class teacher and the Teacher of the Deaf.This may include pre-teaching support to ensure the pupil has the necessaryknowledge and familiarity with the vocabulary and concepts used in the lesson.It may also involve post-teaching to check understanding, and reinforce keylearning points.
- Supporting the pupil in following instructions.
- Using praise, assistance and encouragement to motivate the pupil and to helpthem stay on task.
- Providing constructive feedback to the teacher on how the pupil has respondedto the lesson.
- Supporting the development and implementation of the pupil’s individuallearning plan.
- Liaising with a range of professionals, including the Teacher of the Deaf, the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, and the Deaf Inclusion Worker.
- Liaising with parents so that school and home are working together.
- Managing the pupil’s specialist equipment.
Liaisingclosely with the class teacher to ensure the content of the curriculum is knownand is able to be signed to the child to enable them to be fully included inall aspects of school life and the school day.
This is a fixedterm post to assist with provision of the special educational needs of a pupiland is subject to their continued attendance at the school and/or the result ofany review of their special needs.
Please see thejob description and person specification for further details of the post.
We arecommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerableadults, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This role requiresa DBS disclosure.
This rolerequires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidenceand fluency in English.
Online searchesmay be done as part of pre-recruitment checks.
This ‘regulatedactivity’ post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, aDisqualification by Association check and other rigorous safe recruitmentprocedures. Failure to disclose important information may lead to dismissal ifdiscovered at a later date. Offer of appointment for the successful candidatewill be conditional upon receipt of satisfactory references.
Please complete a SupportStaff application form which can be found on our website MontgomeryPrimary School | Exeter.
Please send your completed application form back to Lisa Shepherd lshepherd@montgomery.school bythe closing date. Please call on 01392285240 if you have any questions.
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