Communication Support Worker

The Canterbury Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 July 2026 at 1:09pm

• Date listed

  1 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 27,904.00 FTE (actual £22,905.78 per annum)

Communication Support Worker job summary

The Canterbury Academy have a purpose-built Hearing Impaired Unit, which opened in September 2023 and we have an exciting opportunity.

We are looking for a Communication Support Worker for Hearing Impaired Children, on a 12 month fixed term basis, to aid in the education and social development of hearing impaired children within the unit and wider mainstream environment, through the use of an additional signed mode of communication as a second language.

Mon to Fri 35hrs per week - 8:30am - 4pm (with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break), term time only + 5 additional training days.

Please state your preference for hours on your application form, thank you.

WWF Band D FTE £27,904 per annum (actual pro rata pay £22,905.78 per annum), negotiable depending on skills and experience.

Necessary Experience:

Qualified in British Sign Language / Signing Supported English to Council for Advancement for Communication for Deaf People Stage 2/3 or equivalent

2 years experience in working with children with hearing impairment

Experience working with Cochlear Implants and children with additional needs such as ASD and SLCN (desirable)

Flexible, well organised and self motivated with good interpersonal & communication skills to enable work with individual pupils, parents/carers and teachers

Further information can be found in the attached job description

If you feel that you have the skills that we are looking for and would like the opportunity to flourish within an Academy that supports its staff, then we would love to hear from you.

Please note that this is a rolling advert which means that applications will be assessed upon receipt and applicants may be called for interview prior to the closing date.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Canterbury Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Canterbury Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-canterbury-academy

The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.

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