Teaching Assistant - Hearing Impairment
From 1 September 2022 @ Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
Hours: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm (45 Minute unpaid break) 31.25 hrs pw
Monday to Friday - Term Time plus 2 inset days.
Grade 4/5 Scale Point: 7 to 15 (FTE £22,995 to £26,520).
Actual Salary £16,892. 14 to £19,481.61 (Term Time plus 2 Inset days)
Rushy Meadow is a friendly 2-form entry school which is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We have a Hearing Impaired Resource Base where children who have a significant hearing loss are supported in mainstream education by Specialist TAs and through Teacher of the Deaf support.
Rushy Meadow Primary Academy are seeking to employ a Specialist Teaching Assistant to work with our hearing impaired pupils.
The HI Teaching Assistant’s primary focus will be to work under the professional guidance of the class teacher/Teacher of the Deaf (ToD), within an agreed system of supervision, to support hearing impaired pupils in mainstream lessons using a Total Communication (TC) approach and to deliver specific interventions, e.g. speech and language therapy. The suitable person will need at least level 2 BSL or be willing to undertake a BSL level 1 and 2 training course (the cost of which will be covered by the Trust) and able to use a mixture of BSL, SSE and spoken language to communicate with and support the learning of identified pupils.
For more details about the role, please see the job description and person specification.
If this sounds like you and you would like to join our team, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 23rd May 2022.
Interviews w/c 6th June 2022.
We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and enhanced DBS clearance.
