Communication Support Worker

The Partnership Trust, Radstock, BA3 3AL

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £33,699.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary £26,430

Communication Support Worker job summary

Finding Futures is a specialist further education college based at the Royal United Hospital Bath and The University of Bath.

We are seeking a skilled and flexible Communication Support Worker (CSW) to provide dedicated 1:1 support for a deaf and Autistic young person enrolled on a Supported Internship programme.

This role is primarily focused on facilitating communication to ensure the learner can fully access both:

Classroom-based learning (around 20% of their timetable)

Work experience placements (around 80% of their timetable)

You will play a key role in enabling the learner to engage with colleagues, supervisors, and training staff, helping them develop independence and confidence in workplace environments.

Key responsibilities

Provide communication support and interpreting (e.g. BSL, lip speaking, note-taking) across classroom and workplace settings

Support the learner to understand instructions, training content, and workplace expectations

Adapt communication and information to suit the learner’s needs

Facilitate effective communication between the learner, staff, peers, and employers

Support the learner in developing independence and workplace communication skills

Assist with navigating new environments, routines, and social interactions in the workplace

Work collaboratively with tutors, job coaches, and employers to support learner progression

Maintain accurate records and provide feedback on progress

This role combines traditional CSW responsibilities with broader support to enable access to, and progression within, employment-focused learning environments.

What we’re looking for

BSL Level 3 (or equivalent) or working towards

Experience supporting deaf or hearing-impaired individuals

Ability to work across classroom and workplace environments

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Flexible, proactive and solution-focused approach

Commitment to inclusion and enabling independence

Why join us?

Opportunity to support a meaningful transition into employment

Varied role across classroom and workplace settings

Very supportive, specialist team environment

Further information about Finding Futures can be found at: www.finding-futures.co.uk

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note: The salary indicated is based on a pay scale. New appointments are normally made at the bottom of the scale. Progression through the scale is dependent on length of service in line with our pay policy

All applications should be made via MyNewTerm

The Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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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

The Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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 Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Partnership Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-partnership-trust

Founded on the strong belief that with partnership and collaboration we can improve the outcomes for young people, The Partnership Trust is proud to be a diverse family of schools consisting of special schools, village schools, first schools and primary schools based in the city of Bath and beyond.

With origins lying in Fosse Way Special School, The Partnership Trust was formed in 2011 to enable close collaboration between schools across the area and was characterised by a diverse range of schools at different stages of their development journey. The Trust grew to include primary and first schools across the Bath and Frome area and the development of a new special school. In 2018, driven by a desire to build close collaboration between schools across the Bath and Mendip areas, The Partnership Trust joined with The Comenius Trust, a Trust formed in 2016 with a lead school of Weston All Saints Primary School, a large primary school in Bath.

The Partnership Trust is built upon the principles of equity, trust and respect, operating within a culture of shared challenge and support. As a Trust we do not seek to make all schools the same and celebrate each school’s unique characteristics, heritage and community. We are committed to providing an outstanding education for all of our pupils through an unrelenting focus on every child and their individual progress and attainment, pairing high quality teaching with the widest possible opportunities.

In order to enable each school to focus their time and resources on teaching, our role is to collaborate and support; provide strong and flexible shared services; put in place high quality school improvement and to have a robust, effective and transparent governance system. Each school retains oversight of their own day to day management but operates within the shared values and commonly agreed practices of the Trust.

With a firm belief that every employee no matter what their role, contributes towards the quality of the children’s learning experience, staff benefit from support from colleagues within the Trust as well as being encouraged, as part of an outward looking organisation, share experiences and good practice and maintain networks within and outside of the Trust.

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