Communication Support Worker with BSL

Yorkswood Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6DF

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,992.00 - £36,124.00 Annually (FTE) this amount is subject to a pay review, scheduled for spring 2025

Communication Support Worker with BSL job summary

This role is to support a junior school age pupil access mainstream education, by providing support for pupil, which could involve 1:1 work, group work, whole class support, ensuring their safety and access to learning and to ensure that pupils are able to meet all the specified objectives detailed within their Education, Health and Care plan.

The role will provide communication support using British Sign Language to support mutual understanding and access to learning and inclusion and support each child according to their particular communication and learning needs.

The role will be based in a school, primarily in the main classroom, under the supervision of a class teacher.

The successful candidate will support children in accessing the National Curriculum and adjusting the level/type of support provided according to the needs of the child, e.g., filling in gaps in pupils’ background knowledge, relating new information to previous learning, teaching new vocabulary, working through tasks with pupils, or repeating/reinforcing information.

Through working with the class teacher and SENDCO, the successful candidate will establish an appropriate learning environment and support in the planning and preparation of activities to meet the needs of the pupil. They will provide objective and accurate feedback, assessment and reports as required, to the teacher on pupil achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.

This is a term time only job, working for 38 weeks of the year, 32.5 hours per week. The working pattern will be 8.30am to 3.45pm Monday to Friday, with a 45 unpaid minute lunch break.

Please book a visit to the school. We would love to meet prospective applicants and show you around our school.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Yorkswood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 540 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/yorkswood-primary-school-birmingham

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