Salary £27,660 to £34,039 per annum (depending on experience)
Full Time (37 hours per week)
55 days Annual Leave
The role
Communication Specialist College are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and inspirational individual to deliver English within the college, to young people and adults with specialist communication needs including, Deafness, Autism and Learning Disabilities.
Responsibilities will include:
- Delivery of English from pre-Entry level through to GCSE
- Support the embedding of English throughout the College curriculum.
- Plan, prepare and develop schemes of learning, teaching and learning resources and learning and assessment plans.
- Motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression.
- Reflect on what works best in teaching and learning to meet the diverse needs of students.
- Deliver inspiring sessions across the curriculum using a wide range of teaching methods.
- Assess student work, provide constructive and timely feedback to motivate and inspire the learner to improve and record learners' progress.
- Develop/strengthen relationships and provide support to learners, to ensure successful outcomes.
Candidates should have:
- Certificate in education, PGCE or equivalent.
- GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4 or better.
- Experience of working with adults with hearing impairments, learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
- Ability to work as part of a team and communicate clearly.
- Experience of teaching small groups of students or other relevant groups, including direction of support staff.
- Knowledge of setting and achieving SMART targets
- Ability to provide information in report format.
- Knowledge of CPOMS
- Good working knowledge of MS office, in particular: Word,
- Excel and Outlook
Staff Benefits:
- Contributory pension.
- Great CPD opportunities, including free sign language classes.
- Free onsite parking.
- Free meal whilst supporting students.
- Free use of onsite gym.
- Westfield Health Cash Plan including – Doctorline – (24/7 access to a GP), Dental, Optical and prescription claims and much more (funded by employer)
Applying for the role
If you are interested in joining the Communication Specialist College - Doncaster, you would be welcome to contact the curriculum leader to have an informal discussion, prior to submitting your application. Please contact Linda Sanderson 01302 386700.
Please submit your application and equal opportunities monitoring forms to recruitment@ddt-deaf.org.uk
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Closing date for applications: 03/11/24
Communications Specialist College – Doncaster, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6AY,
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.