Teacher of the D/deaf x 2
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Longwill School, Bell Hill, Birmingham, B31 1LD
- Salary
- MPR/UPR + SEN 1/2 (dependent on QToD Status)
- Closing date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Reference
- JOB002815
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Teaching roles, Special Education, Special Needs
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Job start date: 28 April 2025
Hours per week: Full time
Longwill School
Bell Hill
Birmingham
B31 1LD
Telephone number: 0121 475 3923
Contact email: j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Contract type: Both permanent and fixed term for approximately 10 months 28 April 2025 to 13 February 2026 to cover maternity leave.
Our outstanding innovative and welcoming primary special school caters for children between the ages of 2 – 11 years old who are D/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 excellent Teacher of the D/deaf committed to providing high quality learning opportunities, so that D/deaf children can reach their potential within our bilingual setting.
Longwill is a small, friendly special school which offers an excellent education to D/deaf pupils from throughout the West Midlands and surrounding areas.
We are looking for a practitioner who:
• is a qualified teacher
• is either a QToD or has the commitment to train to be a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf
• has high expectations for pupils and is an excellent communicator
• thinks creatively to create diverse and unique learning experiences
• is self- motivated and a lifelong learner
• is able to lead a classroom team effectively
• has the ability to communicate in British Sign Language Minimum Level 1 and is committed to developing their signing skills to at least Level 2, or beyond
We can offer you:
• an innovative and exciting special school environment, committed to providing the best opportunities for D/deaf children and staff
• the opportunity to work in a school which prioritises the continued professional development of its staff
• delightful and hardworking D/deaf sign bilingual children
• a supportive environment with dedicated and highly skilled staff
A commitment to CPD is essential.
The opportunity to be part of our senior management team would be available to the right candidate (TLR point).
Applications are welcome from Teachers who are both Qualified Teachers of the Deaf and those who are either currently training or would wish to in the future.
Informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange on 0121 475 3923.
How to apply:
Further information and an application pack is available on the school website
Please note that we are unable to accept CV’s.
Interviews to be held week commencing 10 February 2025.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
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- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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West Midlands
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United Kingdom
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