BI Lingual Instructor

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Are you experienced in working with hearing impaired children and young people?

Do you have BSL level 2/3 or the equivalent signing knowlege and skills?

Would you welcome the opportunity to be working within a well established Sensory Team, working directly with hearing impaired children and young people, in homes, settings, schools and with families supporting the development of communication skills using British Sign Language (BSL), Sign Suported English (SSE) and Makaton?

We are looking to appoint for May 2023 a highly motivated and experienced bilingual communication instructor.

Yous will need to have a good understanding of how to support children and young people with a hearing impairment to develop language (signed and spoken) and be willing to work across all ages and abilities.

You will work inpartnership with with Teacher's off the Deaf, schools, settings and families to help develop the communication skills of children and young people with a hearing impairment across Nottingham City.

You will need to have good BSL, oral and written communication skills.

You will also need to understand the barriers to communication that children and young people with a hearing impiarment face and how these may be overcome.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of language development and and strategies for supporting children and young people with a hearing impairment

- the ability to model good langauge BSL, SSE and spoken
- knowledge and understanding of Deaf Culture

Applications are welcome from applicants who:

• have experience of working with children and young people and good BSL skills who may not have BSL level
• understand how to support children and young people with a hearing impairment to develop effective communication but may not have qualification in working with children.

Closing date March 26th
For more information, please view the Job Description and Person Specification which are attached further down on this page.

Useful information for Applicants

Nottingham City Council is known for inclusivity and innovation, and we are continually working around the clock to deliver services for Nottingham's citizens, visitors and investors.

Our aspiration is to make Nottingham a Great City, but to do this we need to be a Great Council, provide Great Services and recruit and develop a Great Workforce.

We will value your contributions, promote flexible and modern ways of working, will double your monthly pension contributions, offer a very generous 25-32 days holiday package each year (exclusive of public bank holidays and dependent on length of service) and give you the option to purchase up to 28 days additional holiday tax-free

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

Nottingham City Council are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Vulnerable Adults and we expect all workers to share in this commitment.

We have always been open to flexible working and the COVID-19 pandemic provided us with some new options to work in a completely different way.

We welcome a conversation about flexible working at the point of interview.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions information, which includes advice on pay, annual leave and hours of working, and our Total Rewards Package, which includes information on some of the great benefits when working for Nottingham City Council.
***We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

Nottingham City Council are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Vulnerable Adults and we expect all workers to share in this commitment.

We are also open to conversations regarding flexible working options at the point of interview.

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been waiting for? Read on to find out more

Nottingham City Council is known for inclusivity and innovation, and we are continually working around the clock to deliver services for Nottingham's citizens, visitors and investors.

Our aspiration is to make Nottingham a Great City, but to do this we need to be a Great Council,

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