Bsl Teaching Assistant - North Tyneside

Protocol Education Limited; North East; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education Limited is recruiting a BSL Teaching Assistant to work in a specialist educational setting in North Tyneside. You will support communication between students, teachers and support staff using British Sign Language and help learners access lessons.

The role is full-time, with opportunities to develop language and social skills, promote inclusion, and build positive relationships with pupils and staff in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• BSL Level 2 or above preferred.
• Experience with children or young people desirable.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Patient and supportive nature.
• Passion for inclusive education.

Responsibilities

• Provide communication support using BSL.
• Support learning within classroom lessons.
• Work with pupils on a 1:1 basis.
• Adapt learning materials as required.
• Promote inclusion and independence.
• Support language and communication development.
• Encourage participation in school life.

Skills

BSL Level 2 or above

Experience with children/young people

Excellent communication skills

Patient and supportive

Passion for inclusive education

Job description

BSL Teaching Assistant - North Tyneside

Do you have experience using British Sign Language and a passion for supporting young people with hearing impairments?

Protocol Education is recruiting a BSL Teaching Assistant to work within a specialist educational setting in North Tyneside.

Location: North Tyneside
Contract: Full-Time

About the Role

You will play a vital role in ensuring pupils can fully access education by supporting communication between students, teachers and support staff.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys building positive relationships and helping learners become confident, independent and successful.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing communication support using BSL
• Supporting learning within classroom lessons
• Working with pupils on a 1:1 basis
• Adapting learning materials where required
• Promoting inclusion and independence
• Supporting language and communication development
• Encouraging participation in school life

We're Looking For

• BSL Level 2 or above preferred
• Experience working with children or young people desirable
• Excellent communication skills
• Patient and supportive nature
• Passion for inclusive education

This Role Would Suit

• BSL Teaching Assistants
• Communication Support Workers
• SEND Teaching Assistants
• Support Workers
• Learning Support Assistants

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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