Hybrid (On-Site)
Permanent
56592 - 62508 GBP / year
35 Hours Per Week
- Job number
- LBC03946
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Posting End Date
- 16 June 2025
- Job Area
- Education Support
About the job
Salary: £56,592 to £62,508 a year plus SEN allowance plus £963 essential car allowance (subject to criteria)
Hours per week: 35
Contract type: Permanent
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced professional to join the Luton Special Educational Needs Service as the Teacher of the Deaf to work in the outreach Luton Deaf Children and Young People Service. This is a new position reporting to the Lead for Deaf Children and Young People Service. This is a pivotal role where you will make a significant impact on the lives deaf children and young people in Luton.
Key Responsibilities:
- Service development: contribute to development of the outreach service that meets the needs of deaf children and young people in Luton and ensuring that they achieve their full potential, positive outcomes and thrive.
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Service delivery:
- support the learning and development of deaf children and young people attending early years, mainstream and special educational settings in Luton and develop practice that is inclusive of deafness
- carry out specialist assessments, programmes of support and progress evaluations for deaf children across all age groups
- support understanding of deafness through delivery of training to a range of professionals and families
- assist the local authority in fulfilling its statutory duties towards CYP with deafness
- work in partnership with and offering guidance to schools and families
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work closely with educational settings, parents/carers of deaf CYP, audiology departments other health stakeholders to ensure the service meets specified requirements and continuously improves based on feedback.
- Prepare and carry out the service surveys and analyse feedback received
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
The successful appointment will have experience of working as a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf, in a peripatetic service or specialist provisions (resourced base or special schools) for deaf children and young people.
The postholder will have experience in delivering planned, comprehensive and co-ordinated support and direct teaching of deaf children and young people and has working knowledge of different hearing devices and assistive listening technologies as well as specialist assessments.
You will be required to organise and deliver specialist training sessions for a range of professionals and parents/carers.
You’ll have the ability to review and evaluate detailed assessments, monitoring and programme planning for deaf children and young people, confidently use ICT as a tool and have knowledge and understanding of current legislation, especially within the fields of deafness and special needs.
Closing date: 16th June 2025
Interviews: w/c 23rd June 2025
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough
Application Process
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How to apply
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