Gateshead College is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic BSL Support Officer to join our Learning Support team on a fixed-term basis.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference to the educational experience of Deaf learners by ensuring they can fully access learning, develop independence and achieve their potential.
Working alongside curriculum and support staff, you will provide specialist BSL communication support across a range of learning environments, helping learners participate confidently in college life and progress towards their individual goals.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about inclusion, committed to learner success and able to build positive relationships with both learners and colleagues.
You will have:
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BSL Level 3 qualification or above.
- Experience providing BSL communication support.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- A commitment to equality, inclusion and learner-centred support.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
About Gateshead College
At Gateshead College we’re famous for education with Employment Edge, industry inspired education that combines high quality learning with real world skills. This means giving our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in work and life and supporting them to be the best they can be.
This means putting everything we’ve got into making sure our students are the most employable and this is what makes our college such an exciting place to work.
From bringing industry expertise into the classroom and working hand in hand with businesses, to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and supporting students to develop personally as well as professionally, we’re all about creating experiences that will set learners up for life
If you share our ambition, we’d love to hear from you.
In return we can offer a values-driven organisation and the chance to work with brilliant people who put students first. You’ll be listened to and will have opportunities to make an impact. We prioritise health and wellbeing and your work life balance will be respected.
Our inclusive culture means you’re valued for being yourself and diversity is celebrated, and our commitment to being a sustainable organisation means we always try to do business the right way to make our community better for everyone.
At Gateshead College we all have the opportunity to help our learners succeed and it’s this clear purpose and shared effort that makes us such a great place to work; we hope you think about joining.
Our Benefits:
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Mental health and wellbeing support, with 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme and counselling services.
- Career average pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Travel support including subsidised on site parking, discounted public transport scheme and cycle to work scheme.
- Retail and travel discounts.
- Volunteering Days.
