Job Description

Hearing Impaired Teaching Assistant

Hounslow

 BSL LEVEL3 OR ABOVE  required 

Looking to appoint an enthusiastic Hearing Impaired Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated Hearing Impaired Unit as soon as possible. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be able to support students in mainstream classes in a calm and professional manner. The position reports to the Head of the Centre of the Deaf.

Key Responsibilities:

Support identified students to effectively access the curriculum, tailored to their needs and understanding.

Assist in implementing needs outlined in EHCPs.

Provide general classroom support to the teacher, maintaining an orderly and inclusive environment.

Promote the inclusion of all students.

Supervise and provide personalized support for students, fostering independent learning and group collaboration.

Assist students in developing basic skills in language, reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics.

Liaise with teachers and external professionals to support special programs or Inclusion Support Plans.

Monitor and report on student progress and contribute to the Annual Review of the Students' EHCP.

Support the development of students' ICT skills and use of technology in learning activities.

Prepare and adapt learning materials to suit students' understanding levels.

Build positive relationships with parents/carers, providing feedback as guided by the teacher.

Assist with classroom preparation, student physical needs, and encourage positive behaviour in line with the School’s Behaviour Policy.

Support students during school visits, trips, and extracurricular activities.

Participate in training opportunities and performance development.

This School is a successful, vibrant, and happy school where students have high aspirations and achieve well in a wide range of subjects. We value staff development highly and offer an extensive professional development program. Our dedicated, committed, experienced, and enthusiastic staff are the key to our success.

Pay rate is dependent on experience & qualifications

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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