Advisory Qualified Teacher of the Deaf

Job Introduction

SENSORY SERVICE: QUALIFIED TEACHER OF DEAF 

SEND Outreach Services

Children’s Services – Salary:  Teachers Main Professional Scale (UPS if appropriate), up to SEN 2, TLR 2a

Contract type: Permanent (Term Time Only)  

Hours per week: 2.5 days per week (0.5)

Teachers terms and conditions

SEND Outreach Services, Discovery School, Battery Road, West Thamesmead SE28 0JN 

Closing date: Friday 6th February    

Interview date: Week beginning 23rd February 2026

WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN GREENWICH?

The SEND Outreach Services consist of four established and highly regarded teams that cover:  Early Years, Autism Outreach, STEPs Complex Needs and Sensory Service. The Sensory Service comprises of two teams, the Deaf and Hearing Support Team and the Vision Impairment Support Team. 

The Sensory Service, Deaf and Hearing Support team is seeking a qualified, highly skilled Teacher of the Deaf to join the team. 

The Deaf and Hearing Support Team within our Sensory Service is a welcoming, dynamic team consisting of Qualified Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People, a Deaf Instructor and a Language Outreach worker.

We work with babies, children and young people diagnosed with a hearing loss from the point of identification/referral up to the age of 19. We work with families in the home, early years settings, maintained schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, post 16 settings and specialist settings.

As a service we are committed to promoting and improving opportunities, outcomes and experiences of the children and young people we support. We work in close partnership with families, professionals and organisations. The Borough hosts three Local Authority Resource Provisions (LARPs), and we have strong, well-established relationships with schools.

We welcome applications from Qualified Teachers of the Deaf who would like to join our team.

This role involves travel across the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Our base is in West Thamesmead, and being a car user would be advantageous.

Flexible hybrid working arrangements are available with this post (home and office based)

 An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

For an informal discussion please contact Jo Cameron, Head of RBG Sensory Service on  jo.cameron@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or  0208 921 3311

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.