JOB PURPOSE
The Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People will work as part of the Sensory Service regional team delivering support to children and young people who are deaf, their families and education providers.
The Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People will manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children from the point of identification.This will involve working directly with children and young people and families in homes, pre-school settings and schools and providing advice and support to teachers in schools.
The Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People will also work with other professionals in Education and Health within a multi-agency model in order to deliver an effective service and obtain the best possible outcomes for children and young people who are deaf.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.TEACHING, ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING:
·Carry out detailed assessments, monitoring, specialist teaching and programme planning for deaf children and young people in schools.
·Support families of deaf pre-school children from the point of identification and deliver effective programmes of support within the home, nursery schools and other early years settings.
·Ensure that opportunities of early identification and inclusion are realised through effective team working and application of appropriate intervention strategies working with other professionals, the family and child or young person.
·Carry out functional audiological assessments of deaf pupils.
·Interpret and communicate the educational implications of different types and levels of deafness.
·Assess the language development of deaf children and young people and devise appropriate programmes to develop language.
·Assess deaf children and young people and provide advice, guidance and support to enable them to make the best possible educational progress.
·Promote the use of appropriate classroom strategies, resources and teaching materials to minimise the effect of hearing loss on the educational achievement of the child.
·Effectively manage a range of specialist equipment to promote inclusion and independence and support other professionals, parents and young people in their use.
·Maintain reports of involvement, assessment and progress for each child receiving support.
·Provide reports for Statutory Operations.
2.WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES
·Promote parental involvement.
·Provide support to parents to encourage their involvement and to offer advice and support on the implications of deafness for language development and learning.
·Promote and develop effective partnerships with parents to support children’s language development and learning.
·Promote the Service principle of Family Centred Intervention.
3.WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS
·Contribute to a programme of professional development through INSET to schools, parents, EA officers and associated agencies with reference to deafness, including reference to language development, optimal use of hearing aids, cochlear implants and assistive listening technology in relation to learning and access to the curriculum.
·Assist schools in the preparation and maintenance of an accessible learning environment for pupils who are deaf.
·Work with schools to develop teaching strategies, approaches and specialist resources to support the learning of deaf pupils.
·Assess, report and recommend access arrangements for examinations and assessments.
4.SENSORY SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
·Contribute to the achievement of service targets, monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness in accordance with service development plan and protocols.
·Participate in service evaluation reviews and contribute to the reporting of service development outcomes.
·Contribute to the development of service materials and resources for deaf children and young people.
·Work to advance service plans and policies to maximise outcomes for deaf children and young people.
5.COLLABORATION AND INTER-AGENCY WORK
·Work in partnership with other agencies relevant to service role and responsibilities, particularly health and social services.
·Liaise and work co-operatively with colleagues in other sections of the EA to ensure consistent and coherent approaches.
6.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
·Use ICT for administrative and teaching purposes.
7.CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
·Pursue professional development to maintain up-to-date skills, expertise and professional knowledge of current research on good practice in the education of deaf children and young people.
8.OTHER DUTIES
·Comply with EA policies and procedures in relation to the duties and responsibilities of the post.
·Maintain at all times confidentiality of information received.
·Any such other duties that the EA may from time to time require.