Head of Deaf Support Service at Sheffield City Council, a specialist service for deaf babies, children and young people, and those with hearing loss, across home, early years, school and college settings. The post leads integrated resource provisions and a specialist peripatetic team, and sets the service's planning, quality assurance and budgets. Hours are 27.5 a week, with reduced hours, part-time or job share open to discussion. Applicants need to be a qualified Teacher of the Deaf with specialist knowledge and leadership experience.
What the job involves
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for integrated resource provisions and the specialist peripatetic team
- Champion the needs and rights of deaf children and young people so they can access education, participate and achieve
- Lead, support and develop a high-performing specialist workforce and a culture of continuous improvement
- Ensure high-quality, equitable support, including early intervention, family guidance and effective transitions
- Strengthen inclusive practice through specialist advice, support and constructive challenge to settings
- Build strong partnerships and contribute to statutory assessment, review and transition processes
- Lead service planning, quality assurance, budgets and resources, using evidence and national standards
Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher of the Deaf
Experience
- Teaching experience alongside specialist deaf knowledge
Skills & knowledge
- Strong specialist knowledge of deaf education
- Understanding of progress, achievement and attainment, and how specialist support removes barriers to learning and inclusion
- Leading, motivating and developing specialist staff to high standards
- Working collaboratively with families, education settings, and health and social care professionals
- Using specialist approaches, signed communication and assistive technology effectively
- Using service, caseload and outcomes information to evaluate impact and set priorities
Checks & eligibility
- Relevant safeguarding checks
Other
- Supporting early language and communication, family-centred intervention and transitions
- Applying SEND, safeguarding, equality and HR requirements
- Managing budgets
- Communicating complex information clearly
- Strong professional values, with a commitment to inclusion, openness, honesty and partnership
What’s offered
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Flexible working options, including reduced hour contracts, part-time work and job share
- Support for staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly
- Starting pay at the point of minimum advantage in the grade if payslip evidence shows higher basic pay
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
