BSL Communicator - Specialist Support Practitioner

British Sign Language Communicator - Specialist Support Practitioner

Do you want to make a difference every day?

Newcastle College is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Specialist Support Practitioner, who is trained to a minimum Level 2 in BSL, to join a passionate team that supports the achievements of students with a sensory impaired disorder, including d/Deaf and vision impairment.

In this vital role, you'll be at the heart of student success and will:

Deliver high quality one to one or small group support to students
Support inclusive learning
‍♀️ Help students access campus and curriculum

Support awareness raising and understanding of access and inclusion

What We're Looking For:

• A warm, adaptable, and enthusiastic individual.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to inclusive education and student wellbeing.
• It is essential to have a Level 2 British Sign Language (BSL) qualification and a willingness to work toward level 3.
• Level 2 English & Maths (or equivalent).
• Flexibility to work evenings and support off-site provision.

As a valued colleague of Newcastle College, you'll join an inspiring and passionate team and be welcomed into a larger community of supportive colleagues at NCG. When you become part of our team, you'll be given every opportunity to develop, progress and thrive and receive benefits that put your wellbeing first.

If you feel you have the passion and commitment to help prepare our students for their future and want to be part of an inclusive and vibrant college community, find out more and apply here.

About Newcastle College

Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.

We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.

We're proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country's leading college groups and we're a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK. Newcastle College's vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.

Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you'll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you'll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.

Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
   As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers' pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

NCG is a great place to work, with a whole host of benefits such as:

• Generous Annual Leave
• Flexible Working
• Student Discount
• Government Pension Schemes
• Cycle to Work
• Employee Assistance Programme

For more information, please see our website - Our Benefits

Our values are not just about what we do, but also how we do things. Shaped by our colleagues, customers and learners, they set the standard of how we should behave, how we work together and give us the opportunity to make the right decisions based on the values we all share.

• Being both inclusive and diverse
• Trusting and respecting our communities
• Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
• Inspiring excellence and curiosity

For further detail about our Values and Strategy, please visit our website - Values and Strategy

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