Specialist Support Lead - Sensory - CS12475
Warwickshire College Group
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Job summary
Warwickshire College Group is seeking a Specialist Support Lead, Sensory to lead a team providing support for deaf, hard of hearing and visually impaired students across multiple campuses. The role requires travel around sites and is offered on a term-time, part-time basis (28 hours) with a permanent contract.
The post involves supervising Notetakers and Communication Support Workers, delivering assessments, and ensuring high-quality support within learning programmes.
Qualifications
- IT Skills.
- Admin Skills.
- UK Driving Licence.
- Team Supervisory Experience.
- British Sign Language knowledge and skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Notetakers and Communication Support Workers team across sites.
- Write comprehensive needs assessments and provide communication support to deaf/hearing-impaired and/or visually impaired students.
- Travel across all college sites to deliver support and assist in classrooms as required.
Skills
Job description
Warwickshire College Group, Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
Term time, part time: 28 hours. This role requires travel across all sites.
Permanent
The salary you will be receiving is £26,509.36 per annum . For any roles that start part way through the academic year, the annual salary will be pro rata to the remaining months.
- IT Skills
- Admin Skills
- Uk Driving License
- Team Supervisory Experience
- British Sign Language knowledge and skills
When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:
- Generous leave entitlement plus up to four free College Closure days a year
- WCG offers all employees who are carers the option to request a period of Carer’s Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.
- Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers.
- Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG.
- The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield.
- Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free on-site gym
- Discounted hair and beauty treatments in our College salons.
- Free will writing service.
- Free car parking on-site.
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Please note, this role does require travel between our other sites, so a UK license and access to your own vehicle is essential.
The main purpose of the post is to lead the team of Notetakersand Communication Support Workers and manage the support for deaf or hearingimpaired and/or visually impaired students within their learning programmes across our WCG campuses. The teamleader will be expected to ensure a high-quality service to deaf, hearingimpaired and/or visually impaired students.
There will be a high level of staff supervision and record keeping relating to student retention and achievement and analysis of the impact of support provided. Part of the role will be spent with students in the classroom providing Communication support.
- Identify where specific specialist support is neededby acting on application data provided by admission staff, collating allassociated information relating to applications and attending interviews – thiswill involve evening and Saturday work.
- To be able to travel across our 5 campus sites wherestudents require support.
- Write comprehensive needs assessments onapplicants/students, for the purpose of identifying student needs and providingeffective support.
- Provide an accurate and effective range ofcommunication support to deaf and hard of hearing and/or visually impairedstudents (signed communication, note-taking, lip speaking, appropriateadjustments for VI learners etc.), across Warwickshire College Group and wherecourses are delivered, covering all aspects of the course. This will includemodification of language as appropriate to individual students.
- Communicate appropriate information to other staffand provide guidance and advice to lecturers, Curriculum & LearningOfficers and other members of the Inclusion team about the individual needs ofstudents. This will include producing support materials and acting as afacilitator to help their understanding of students’ needs.
- Be responsible for teaching Deaf Awareness, VisualImpaired awareness and other associated training to staff and students, whenrequired.
- Establish and monitor special access arrangementsfor examinations in relation to deaf and hearing impaired or visually impairedstudents.
- Establish systems that will monitor and recordstudents’ progress, and support requirements and make recommendations aboutsupport as required, ensuring the confidential nature of the work ismaintained.
- Manage, lead, monitor and mentor staff working withdeaf and hearing-impaired students within Warwickshire College and otherservice providers. This will involve holding team meetings, completing theReview and Development process, delivering training to staff and assisting inthe recruitment and appointment of staff.
- To lead a team of Notetakers and CommunicationSupport Workers and undertake Annual Reflections.
- Check and maintain specialist equipment for loan tostudents, such as radio aids, hearing loops, canes, Read Write Software and tobe responsible for sourcing any new equipment needed by students.
- Attend Open evenings, interviews and other collegeevents to represent the Inclusion team outside of College hours.
- To promote and ensure the integration of visuallyimpaired, deaf and hearing-impaired students within the College.
- Provide a range of direct communication support todeaf and hard of hearing and/or visually impaired students.
- Keep up-to-date with regular developments in thefield and advise the Head of Inclusion and Learning Support accordingly.Establish and maintain links with external agencies, specialist organisations,membership of NATED (e.g. NATED, CACDP)
- To provide learning support to non-deaf/visuallyimpaired students with other SEN needs where needed.
- Be aware of current legislation concerningSafeguarding and SEN and undertake the necessary training to enable post holderto act as a Designated College Safeguarding Person.
- Level 2British Sign Language qualification or be a native BSL user having come froma deaf family/community.
- Qualified to NVQ Level 4 orDegree level.
- GCSE Maths and English Grade Cor above.
- A full UK driving licence freefrom major endorsements and use of a vehicle
- Previous experience ofsupervising staff
- Ability to demonstrate excellentcommunication and organisational skills
- A willingness to undertakecontinuing professional development.
- Willingness become a DesignatedSafeguarding Person
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
- childcare disqualification
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
- medical
- online and social media
- prohibition from teaching
- right to work
- satisfactory references
- suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
As one of the leading further and higher education colleges in the UK, with unique colleges across two counties, we aim to deliver learning experiences which lead to the development of wider skill bases and improved destinations for all of our students.
Our recent Ofsted inspection highlights our success and strong focus both on students and on meeting industry needs. We are also the first college group in the UK to be granted Bachelor degree awarding powers alongside Foundation degree awarding powers by the Office for Students - meaning the academic quality and standards of our degrees are equal to any university.
We believe it's not just about the vital qualifications and knowledge you need to get ahead, but the essential transferable skills to help you on your next steps, whatever they may be.
WCG will help you develop an entrepreneurial mindset by instilling enterprising and innovative skills and behaviours, which will help you to become successful in an ever-competitive world.
Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
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