Specialist Teaching Assistant - Deaf Education Centre (1 year FTC)

Specialist Teaching Assistant -

Deaf Education Centre-British Sign Language to Level 2 and Educated to degree level or at least Level 4 with both English and Maths GCSE at Grade C or 5 or above essential

39 weeks. 1 year FTC

It is with great pleasure and much pride that we welcome you to Sedgehill Academy.

We are a school for 11-18 year olds with high standards and high expectations for all members of our community – students and teachers. At Sedgehill, we are committed to ensuring that teaching and learning is of the highest quality so that all students can achieve their potential. We provide an engaging and challenging curriculum designed to stretch and challenge all of our students to achieve their goals – to gain the grades required by top universities, or to win places on high quality apprentice schemes, or whatever other individual goals they may have. Students with additional needs receive specialist support from our experienced inclusion team.

We are fortunate to benefit from state-of-the-art facilities in performing arts and physical education and are committed to broadening the extracurricular experience of our students. Sports, music, drama, art, and Duke of Edinburgh clubs run regularly at lunch and after school. We are particularly proud to be part of the Andrew Lloyd Webber programme, under which all Year 7 students receive a violin and are taught how to play it.

We are part of United Learning – a group of schools that aims to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. Sedgehill Academy is a vibrant and inclusive community and the staff and I welcome you.

We have undergone challenge in recent years but are on an exciting journey of school improvement with United Learning and a committed team of staff, students and parents.

We are seeking staff who are driven and ambitious to see Sedgehill Academy become the school it deserves to be.

We want our school to be a place where people want to work. Working here presents our staff with an opportunity to be part of an environment which:

• Is successful and fast paced;
• Is exciting and innovative;
• Is making a difference;
• Has high expectations;
• Has strong leadership and management;
• Treats all staff as professionals, making a large investment in professional development;
• Has a strong and committed team of professionals;
• Uses people’s strengths to develop themselves and others;
• Has excellent resources;
• Lives inclusion.

Sedgehill Academy also gives staff an opportunity of working within United Learning. United Learning is an organisation which has worked in education for over 100 years. Working together as part of a group and a family of schools brings significant benefits to staff, students and parents.

We take the professional development of our staff seriously. As a new member of staff in the school you will have a full induction programme as a well as access to in-house and external training to support you on your journey to be an exemplary teacher, leader or outstanding member of our support staff.

Clare Cassidy

Principal

The Role

As a Teaching Assistant for Sedgehill Academy, the post-holder will be an integral part of the SEND Team. The Specialist Teaching Assistant will work alongside the SENDCo and other key school staff in school to promote the maintenance of a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment.

Undertake activities with either individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitating their physical, emotional and educational development.

Carry out pre-planned activities to support the development of students with hearing impairment, both socially and academically, following the graduated response.

About you

With the passion to empower deaf learners along with a BSL level 2 qualification and your proven experience of working successfully with deaf students/adults, you will provide communication support throughout the school day to enable full access to the curriculum and extra-curricular activities e.g. lessons, assemblies, parents’ evenings, school visits and other school events. 

You will help to promote students’ independence skills in communication, learning and social skills with the school setting. 

It is essential that you can demonstrate your previous experience of and understanding schools’ welfare, social and safeguarding needs and schools’ policies on Equal Opportunities, Behaviour, Anti-Bullying, Child Protection and restraint, along with Health and Safety and Security.

Experience of audiological equipment (hearing aids, cochlear implants, radio-aids) is desirable. 

We actively encourage and welcome visits to the school, and we would be delighted to show you around our school sites so that you can fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.  

Closing dare: 17 April 2023- Midday

Interview: TBC

For more information about this role, to arrange a visit or for an informal chat with the Principal,

please contact our HR team at:

recruitment-sel@unitedlearning.org.uk