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Communication Support Worker
The Sheffield College, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2RL5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Business support, administration and corporate services
- Student support, learning and progress
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Children's development and learning
Working pattern
- Term time, part time: 21 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,942 to £39,308 per annum (this will be pro rata'd for hours and weeks worked)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience of supporting Deaf/Hearing Impaired learners in FE or school settings
Excellent communication skills in BSL and notetaking
Able to communicate with Deaf and Hearing-Impaired learners at a range of educational levels and settings
Able to take clear and precise notes at a range of educational levels
Level 2 English and Maths Qualification or Equivalent
Level 3 qualification in Sign Language or willingness to work towards
CACDP/ Signature Qualification in British
Sign Language Level 2
Level 2 Qualification in Notetaking, or equivalent
Qualification/training in Deaf Awareness/Deaf Studies
CSW training or qualification
Able to keep up to date records of learner progress and provide own contribution to record of in class support
Awareness of Deaf culture
What the college offers its staff
As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £32,942 to £39,308 per annum (this will be pro rata'd for hours and weeks worked) based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.
Our benefits
- Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA
- Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
- Health and wellbeing, we offer
- Employee assistance programme through Bupa
- Occupational Health through PAM
- Free eye tests for VDU users
- Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.
Further information about the job
Conveying the contents of lessons in a variety of settings - classroom, workshops, online (onsite or from home), work placements and other learning environments.
Using one or more from a range of skills appropriate to student(s) needs e.g., lip-speaking, sign to voice/voice to sign translation, note-taking, “live explanations".
Using appropriate support, according to the student’s subject area, level of course, student maturity and other additional support needs.
Be prepared to be directed by the SEND Advisor for Hearing Impaired as to the type of support to be provided in class. Liaise with SEND Advisor for Hearing Impaired, Subject Tutors, EHCP Co-ordinators and Lead Transition Progression Co-ordinator to:
- Keep abreast of student’s course, course materials and changing support needs through this liaison prepare for lessons in advance
- Undertake tasks that increase the immediate accessibility of course materials e.g. explaining the language of handouts and/or adding notes
- Highlight any new terms and concepts that the student(s) may have problems understanding
- Alert staff that course materials may need modifying such as handouts,
- Video transcriptions and/or subtitling
- Assist in the preparation of transcripts/video subtitling
- Support student(s) outside of scheduled class time to complete work set by subject tutors
Inform the SEND Advisor for Hearing Impaired where mainstream lecturers or peer groups would benefit from Hearing Awareness Training and contribute to the development of strategies
Responding positively to mainstream lecturers and student peer groups in a clear, supportive and professional manner in order to facilitate the Hearing-Impaired student(s) inclusion into College.
Seeking guidance and advice from lecturers, SEND Advisor for Hearing Impaired and visiting Teachers of the Deaf, as appropriate, on issues relating to the support of Deaf and Hearing Impaired students and provision for any further additional support which students may need.
Enhancing opportunities for students to be independent, while maintaining professional and personal boundaries at all times
Keeping regular records and undertaking support related administrative duties as required e.g. entering a detailed record of support provided on college systems (Pro-Monitor) submitting a weekly work time record sheet
If you want to find out more about the role please contact Rebecca Hartley, Rebecca.Hartley@sheffcol.ac.uk
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on college website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Sheffield College
- Organisation type
- FE College, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- Rebecca.Hartley@sheffcol.ac.uk
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education college that provides academic, vocational and professional qualifications to approximately 13,218 young people and adults a year. Our mission is transforming lives through learning.
The college, which is Ofsted graded ‘good’, provides high quality academic, technical and vocational training to enhance qualifications, skills and employability across the region, and operates from a number of campuses and sites across the city.
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