Proposed Interview Date: Friday 25 October 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 13 October 2024
Contract Type: Temporary (23 months)
Salary: FC8 £38,950.71 to £42,686.23 (pro rata)
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Glenrothes Learning Centre, but predominantly working out of Auchmuty High School, Glenrothes
Purpose and Values of Education Service
The Education Services is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the service. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
(Consider the following: how have you motivated and engaged others towards achieving goals; what approaches do you adopt to ensure your communication is having an impact? how would you articulate progress and challenges with stakeholders?
(Consider the following: how have you communicated effectively with others; how have you used your initiative and organisational skills to meet targets, achieve goals and implement change, what roles have you had in developing a positive team ethos and a collective responsibility?)
(Consider the following: how have you shared information to ensure compliance with current legislation; what steps have you taken to ensure confidentiality in sensitive situations?)
(Consider the following: how have you built sustainable relationships with others? How have you recorded interactions to demonstrate progress and next steps? how have you used your problem-solving skills to resolve operational issues; how have you used your initiative to overcome barriers?)
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled Deaf Communication Support Worker to provide sign language interpretation support, mostly in a high school setting. The role is mainly to provide this communication support, to enable access to education and other services for children, young people and their families.
In addition, the post holder will provide sign language interpretation support, offer advice and provide training to staff within the Education Service.
The post holder will work directly under the line manager of the Deaf Support Service within the wider Supporting Learners Service.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You are required to be qualified in British Sign Language (BSL) to at least SCQF Level 10 - BSL Level 6
You will have effective communication skills, particularly the interpretation of spoken and written English into BSL and BSL to English.
You will be skilled in working in a dynamic environment and as part of a team
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
For more information, please contact: Neil Finnie, Neil.Finnie@fife.gov.uk