Level 2 Teaching Assistant

About this role

Our outstanding innovative and welcoming
primary special school caters for children between the ages of 2 – 11 years old
who are Deaf and require a sign bilingual education. We are currently funded for 65 places. The
school has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in Deaf Education.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and
highly motivated Teaching Assistant who has high expectations for Deaf children
and a firm commitment to raising standards, working alongside our Teachers of
the Deaf and fellow Teaching Assistants, both Deaf and hearing.

Longwill is a small, friendly school
which offers an excellent education to Deaf pupils from throughout the West
Midlands and surrounding areas. We are
looking for a Teaching Assistant who:

• Thinks creatively
• Uses their own
  initiative
• Is enthusiastic,
  motivated and a lifelong learner
• Is able to work
  well in teams
• Support the
  varied and complex needs of our Deaf sign bilingual pupils, some with
  additional needs
• Can work flexibly
  to meet the needs of the school
• Has the ability
  to communicate in British Sign Language (minimum Level 1)