Specialist Teaching Assistant – Hearing Impaired Resourced Base
| Posting date: | 02 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | Rochdale, OL11 3LU |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75699479 |
Summary
About the Role
Rochdale Additional Needs Service is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, skilled and Specialist Teaching Assistant TA4 (Permanent 32.5 hours Term Time only - Grade 6) to start on 3rd September 2025. This post is based at Matthew Moss Hearing Impaired Resourced Base.
At Matthew Moss Hearing Impaired Resourced Base (HIRB), we aim to meet the needs of each and every student and are looking for a passionate and committed teaching assistant with skills and recent experience in teaching children & young people with special educational needs/ hearing impairment in a secondary school.
If you have a passion for learning and you are you committed to achieving high outcomes for hearing impaired children & young people, then we would you like you to work within an innovative team committed to raising the achievement of students. You should have recent substantial experience of working with children & young people with special educational needs and supporting school staff to plan and develop effective inclusion, as well as promoting independence of children & young people with a hearing impairment or SEN.
About you
The successful applicant will be appointed to the Team for Children & young people with a Hearing Impairment, within Rochdale Additional Needs Service, the Local Authority’s central support service for children & young people with special educational needs and will be based at Matthew Moss High School.
Candidates should have a qualification in Maths and English (GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent), Teaching Assistant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and a qualification in sign language (CACDP stage 1 or OCSL level 1 or higher).
A desire to learn new skills and a positive 'can do' attitude is vital. You will need to have a flexible approach to meeting individual children & young people’s needs and be willing to adopt alternative strategies to ensure positive outcomes for all our children & young people.
About us
To apply please demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification. We suggest that when completing your application form, you use the person specification criteria as headings then give a specific example. Please include reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your application.
As part of the selection process you will be asked to present a 10 minute presentation on:
‘What are the barriers to learning for deaf C&YP and what strategies would you use to remove them?’
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Elizabeth Croshaw on 01706 926479.
The closing date for applications is 12pm Monday 19th May 2025.
Interviews will be held at Number 1 Riverside on 13th June 2025
Start date: 3rd September 2025
Appointment to this post is subject to a DBS
Specialist Teaching Assistant – Hearing Impaired Resourced Base jdPolicy on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year.
Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. Turn2us Benefits Calculator.