Overview
19.5 hours per week, 8:30am–3:30pm. Term time only plus 5 INSET days. Fixed term contract from ASAP to 31/08/26. Location: Elmfield, a maintained Bristol Special School for pupils aged 3–16. The school serves the Bristol and wider region and is judged 'Good' by Ofsted. Elmfield provides Bilingual Deaf Education where BSL and English are used. The role is to support Deaf students in lessons.
Responsibilities
* Support Deaf students in lessons and activities.
* Mediating and supporting language in both BSL and oral English.
* Assist children to achieve learning objectives through learning support, reinforcing expectations and vocabulary, and clarifying tasks.
Qualifications and requirements
* A minimum of BSL Level 3 or equivalent essential.
* A minimum of GCSE English and Maths (grades A–C) or equivalent essential.
* High expectations and ability to work flexibly, using own initiative.
* Experience of working within an educational environment with Deaf students is preferred.
* Good spoken English skills.
* Ability to develop and maintain records and liaise between teachers.
* Excellent organisational skills.
Additional details
* Closing date for applications: Monday 29 September at 9am.
* Interviews: ASAP.
* We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
* We do not deal with recruitment agencies. We cannot accept CVs.
* We are also interested in hearing from candidates who would like to join our supply list to cover adhoc staff absence.
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