Fixed-Term Communications Support Assistant

Fixed-Term Communications Support Assistant

November 3rd, 2025

The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.

We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.

We are looking to appoint a Communications Support Assistant at our main site in Newport. Ideally you will be BSL qualified, however if not already trained you will be required to complete the BSL courses online and in the evenings to start with.

This is a fixed-term position where you will work 1 : 1 with one of our students for the remainder of their education at St George’s, to raise the achievement of the pupils we support who have a hearing impairment. You will support the language development of the pupil and be a positive linguistic model. Applicants will need to be able to cope and manage in a challenging environment with special needs children.

Experience of a working knowledge of young people with a hearing impairment and a BSL qualification would be an advantage.

It is essential that applicants possess the following :

• A strong student focus holding safeguarding at the centre of their practice.

We can offer :

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.

Please contact Jenny Holmes on for further details and an application pack.

Please note that we cannot accept CVs by way of application and any CV received will not be considered for the role.

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