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Job Descrption
British Sign Language Education Interpreter
Application Deadline: 8 March 2024
Department: Student Support
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Harborne, Birmingham, UK
Compensation: £24,635 - £26,634 / year
Description
Job Purpose:You will provide interpreting services for a d/Deaf learners in a college for young adults with a range of disabilities, enabling them to access their course and to interact meaningfully with academic staff and peers. As part of a team you will work with professionalism and flexibility to participate in educational, social and employment opportunities presented as part of their course. To work collaboratively with other staff/departments.
Hours:
6 hours per day / 30 Hours per week / 39 Weeks per year
This role is term time only, based on site.
No Breaks
Contract Type :
Fixed Term Contract of 3 years
Key Responsibilities
· To provide interpreting services as required including front of class interpreting during teaching· Supporting the d/Deaf learners out of class (assignment work, breaks etc) and during extracurricular activities, such as educational trips or work experience· Working closely with the teacher and other specialist support staff to provide a high-quality inclusive learning environment· Work with the tutor in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans· To raise awareness with staff and students of factors which may adversely affect the quality of communication available to D/deaf students as appropriate· Building glossaries of technical language for d/Deaf students· Promoting equality and integration of d/Deaf students· Communicate appropriate information to other staff including managers and course tutors· Undertake record keeping and other administrative tasks, ensuring the confidential nature of the work as required· When not interpreting to be able to support in the general education process of d/Deaf learners· Provide Learning Support to non-deaf students when the d/Deaf learner that you have been assigned to does not require your support· To attend, where possible, meetings and report on the progress of supported students · To support with equipment as required.· Participate in training and other learning activities as required· Contribute to, and follow, behaviour support strategies in place, liaising with appropriate student support colleagues as directed and attending relevant behaviour training updates as part of CPD
· You will be expected to work with the student in all College locations and off-site locations as required by their course
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Level 6 Certificate in British Sign Language. We will consider somebody who is currently working towards level 6 if they can demonstrate a high level of communication skill and understanding of the educational strategies for d/Deaf people.
- Maths and English Level 2
- Ability to adapt communication style to meet the need of the individual and situation including use of SSE.
- Good IT skills
- Excellent written communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
- To be flexible and able to work across all curriculum areas
- Experience of providing support to individuals in an educational setting or the ability to demonstrate an understanding of the support needs of young people with hearing impairment in a college setting
- Experience of maintaining clear and accurate records
- Experience of working with people with a range disabilities
- To be able to demonstrate learning strategies as appropriate to people with hearing impairment, visual impairment or other disabilities
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- To demonstrate a student led approach, putting student needs at the centre of all activity
- To understand safeguarding principles and practice and be able to apply them to this role
How to apply
We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills,personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to
review the job description above.
Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school,
including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in
employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you
believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and
person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by
the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from
engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are
available here.
As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in
September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may
enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review
online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part
of your application we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for
any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on,
or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you
are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further
information
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