Assistive Technology and Literacy Specialist

ECMS Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

ECMS Limited is seeking a dedicated Assistive Technology and Literacy Specialist for a full-time on-site role in Gateshead. The post involves assessing learners’ literacy needs, recommending assistive tech, and delivering personalised intervention plans across the north of England.

You will train learners, families, and staff, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and ensure compliance with medico-legal standards while staying updated on the latest assistive technology developments.

Qualifications

• Education or teaching background or experience in the special education sector.
• Excellent communication skills, including clear written reporting and professional correspondence.
• Strong technology skills in using and configuring assistive technology, digital learning tools, and standard office software.
• Excellent organisational skills to coordinate interventions, manage caseloads, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate records.
• Relevant experience in special education, speech and language support, occupational therapy, or literacy intervention with children and young people is beneficial.
• Knowledge of acquired and traumatic brain injury, inclusive education, and accessibility best practices is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, maintain confidentiality, and adhere to safeguarding and medico-legal frameworks is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess learners’ literacy needs and functional abilities and recommend appropriate assistive technologies and strategies.
• Design and deliver personalised literacy and technology intervention plans.
• Provide one-to-one and small group support.
• Train learners, families, and education staff in effective use of assistive tools.
• Collaborate with case managers and multidisciplinary teams; liaise with schools and Local Authorities.
• Monitor progress and update reports and documentation in line with medico-legal requirements.
• Stay current with developments in assistive technology and literacy practices to ensure effective interventions.

Skills

Communication skills

Technology skills

Organisational skills

Collaboration

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Education/teaching background

Special education experience

Tools

Assistive technology

Digital learning tools

Office software

Job description

Company Description

ECMS Limited’s Education Team works under instruction from the medico-legal sector to liaise with education providers, Local Authorities, and multidisciplinary teams across England and Wales. The team privately assesses, plans, implements, and reviews educational pathways for young people aged 2 to 25, ensuring that individual needs and circumstances are fully considered.

Clients typically have special educational needs from acquired or traumatic brain injuries, often with associated disabilities or medical needs that require specialist support.

The organisation is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality, cost-effective, and safe outcomes for every client.

Role Description

The Assistive Technology and Literacy Specialist is a full-time, on-site role based in Gateshead and the candidate must be able to travel throughout the north of England .

This role involves assessing learners’ literacy needs and functional abilities, including those with acquired or traumatic brain injuries, and recommending appropriate assistive technologies and strategies to support access to education.

The Specialist will design and deliver personalised literacy and technology intervention plans, provide one-to-one and small group support, and train learners, families, and education staff in effective use of assistive tools.

Day-to-day tasks include collaborating with case managers and multidisciplinary teams, liaising with schools and Local Authorities, monitoring progress, and updating reports and documentation in line with medico-legal requirements.

The role also includes staying current with developments in assistive technology and evidence-based literacy practices to ensure interventions remain effective and compliant with relevant standards.

Qualifications

The candidate should have an education or teaching background or other relevant experience gain in the special education sector.

• Candidates should possess excellent Communication skills, including clear written reporting, professional correspondence, and the ability to explain complex information to diverse audiences.
• Candidates should possess wxcellent Technology skills, particularly in using and configuring assistive technology, digital learning tools, and standard office software.
• Candidates should possess exvellwnt organisatonal skills to coordinate interventions, manage caseloads, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate records.
• Relevant experience in special education, speech and language support, occupational therapy, or literacy intervention with children and young people is highly beneficial.
• Knowledge of acquired and traumatic brain injury, inclusive education, and accessibility best practices is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, maintain confidentiality, and adhere to safeguarding and medico-legal frameworks is essential.