Specialist One to One Support Worker (Hearing Impaired)

Ellesmere College, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 2FD

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 August 2025

• Closing date

  17 September 2025 at 9:30am

• Date listed

  26 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,551 - £25,293 actual salary

Specialist One to One Support Worker (Hearing Impaired) job summary

32.5 hours per week | 39 weeks per year (term time + 1 week)

Are you passionate about making education accessible for all? We are looking for an enthusiastic and resilient One-to-One Support Worker to join our dedicated team, supporting students with hearing impairments.

About the Role

In this rewarding position, you will work closely with hearing impaired students across the college and age ranges, helping them access the curriculum and develop greater independence. You’ll play a key role in adapting learning materials and supporting students in a way that is creative, practical, and tailored to their individual needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support for students with hearing impairments across a range of subjects.
• Provide one-to-one translation using BSL.
• Support students’ knowledge of and use of BSL to communicate.
• Adapt and create accessible learning materials. 
• Think creatively to present information in hands-on, engaging ways that meet learning objectives.
• Encourage and support the development of students’ independence skills.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to ensure inclusive learning experiences.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive, proactive attitude.
• A good basic understanding of IT, particularly in creating accessible documents.
• BSL Level 3 (or Level 2 and willingness to achieve Level 3 within an agreed timeframe). 
• A creative and flexible approach to problem-solving and adapting resources.
• Experience of supporting students with hearing impairments desirable but not essential.
• Completed training related to supporting students with hearing impairments desirable but not essential.

Ellesmere College provides education for up to 439 children and young people, from 4 to 19 years, with a range of moderate to complex learning difficulties.

This is a very exciting time for Ellesmere College as we continue to expand from 2 sites to 3 sites. We have our Aylestone Meadows Site and our Knighton Fields Centre which will be joined by a new Post-16 centre in the near future. Our multi-sites enable us to provide bespoke educational opportunities for our Post-16 students and for our students with the most complex needs, in particular those with communication and interaction difficulties including complex autism.

Ellesmere College:

• Is a supportive and friendly environment committed to staff and student wellbeing.
• Offers a high quality professional development programme.
• Has a committed and enthusiastic staff and governor team.
• Is a school where partnerships with home and other agencies are seen as vital in supporting individual students to achieve their full potential.
• Is a place where excellence is the norm.
• Has a comprehensive wellbeing package including access to free counselling, physiotherapy, GPs, legal advice etc.

Closing Date for Applications: 9.30am on Wednesday 17th September 

Interview Dates: Wednesday 1st October

How to Apply: Please apply using the online form and outline in the supporting statement section why you are the right person for this post. 

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 Ellesmere College

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ellesmere College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ellesmere-college-leicester

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