Hammersmith & Fulham, rated nationally by Ofsted as one of the top Local Authorities, we never stop moving forward. Our ambition is to focus even more on increasing the quality of our practice and the work with children, young people, and families to sustain positive change. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision.
Are you passionate about supporting and developing children and young people’s access to learning? Does your experience show your understanding of deaf children & young people and how their difficulties can impact their achievements, interactions and relationships with others?
We are ambitious for our children, young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Hammersmith & Fulham. Our overarching local vision is for children and young people to lead happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives. Our Children’s Services are recognized for their quality of provision and outcomes. We are also ambitious in our commitment to supporting the aspirations of our learning community to achieve independence in adulthood with a vision of early intervention, working with education settings, local partners and families to ensure that learning needs of children and young people are met at the earliest point and are supported to be included in mainstream provision.
We are looking for enthusiastic Qualified Teacher of The deaf (QToD) colleagues to join our well established Sensory Team.
The Sensory Team is part of the high performing dynamic multi-professional INSPIRE service. At the heart of our delivery is innovation and excellence, with a commitment and determination to ensure all children and young people are sensitively enabled to reach their full potential. The service is placed within a large group of specialists including peripatetic teachers for Autism, Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment.
Teacher of the Deaf manages an individual caseload of deaf children/young people aged 0-25 working closely with maintained nurseries and early year’s settings in the private, voluntary, and independent sectors, schools, and post 16 providers to deliver high quality specialist interventions to support the learning and development of deaf children/young people and support their families, to ensure they have equal access to education opportunities, sustain progress and enable them to achieve their full potential.
Our mission is to be the best council. To do this we need the best people to help build our vision. If you’re looking to develop your career in a fast-paced, professional environment whilst making a difference, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please refer to the Role Profile for more information.
