Senior Teacher of the Deaf
Bedford Borough Council
Bedford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + 2 SEN
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 September 2018
Job overview
Children’s Services
Quote ref: P0001376
Bedford Borough Council takes great care to recruit the very best people so that the services we provide to our community are first class. We believe that the best work gets done in an environment that’s enjoyable and which values, supports and encourages the development of its employees. In return we expect our employees to work hard and be committed to help us achieve our vision and share our values.
The Sensory and Communication Support Team needs an experienced Teacher of the Deaf, with insight and knowledge of how to support deaf children and young people and lead a team with a commitment to quality improvement. This is a peripatetic post.
You will need to work closely with families of pre-school children in their homes; work within nurseries and a variety of educational setting.
You will be a qualified and experienced Teacher of the Deaf and will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of excellent teaching & learning practice including supporting a range of learning styles, experience of working with pupils with cochlear implants as well as hearing aid wearers.
You will be required to work with support staff, pupils, parents and the wider community to ensure that deaf children and young people have full access to the curriculum and consistently make good progress.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate their knowledge and experience in using audiological equipment in the monitoring of all hearing instruments including portable hearing aid analyzer and carrying out speech discrimination testing and monitoring.
Sign language skills and a good demonstrate of the national curriculum as well as team working and good ICT skills are essential.
For full job details visit www.bedford.gov.uk
Closing date: 3rd September 2018.
About Bedford Borough Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford
- Bedfordshire
- MK42 9AP
- United Kingdom
Bedford Borough Council encompasses the northern half of Bedfordshire and includes the main towns of Bedford and Kempton. Bedford Borough Council became a unitary authority in April 2009, alongside Central Bedfordshire whichcovers the rest of the county – formerly made up of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire District Councils.
Bedford is made up of around 62,000 households and 153,000 citizens. Situated between Birmingham and London it has the advantage of close proximity to both the M1 and the A1, and has excellent transport links. Our location has attracted many major logistics companies to the area and ASDA (Wal-Mart), Fiji and Argos Direct have all chosen Bedford as their operational base. It is a significant growth area with plans underway to develop 19,000 new homes. It’s important that this growth is managed in a sustainable way, and that the infrastructure and local economy is strong enough to support the growing population.
There are 39,000 young people under the age of 20 in Bedford Borough. In the 0-15 age group, one in five of our young people live in families that are officially classed as living in poverty, in some of our areas this rises to almost two in three.
Educational attainment has risen over the last five years, however individual school achievement (pupils achieving 5 A* - C grades in GCSE – including English &Maths) varies from 20% to 70% in our schools. In 2009 around half of our 16 years olds left school with fewer than 5 GCSEs at A* - C grade (including English &Maths).
Our corporate plan outlines our determination to meet the twin challenges of making the Borough a better place to live, work and visit and of creating a first-class council. This will be delivered through strong and effective local partnership working, and clear accountability to our local community.
We have established eight priority areas for the Council:
• Economic Regeneration
• Environment & Climate Change
• Children & Young People
• Adult Health & Well-Being
• Safer Communities
• Inclusion & Cohesion
• Housing & Transport
• Organisational& Operational Effectiveness
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