Make a difference, learn new skills and build a rewarding career supporting young people in Exmouth.

Are you an experienced Residential Care Worker ready for a new challenge? Perhaps you have experience in education or another support role or you are looking to start your career in social care and would love the opportunity to learn British Sign Language (BSL).

We’re looking for Residential Care Workers to join our inspiring team, supporting deaf young people with additional and complex needs aged 9–25 to develop their independence and achieve their potential. You’ll be based either in our new adult residential centre or in our on-site residential flats at the Academy, both just a couple of minutes’ walk from Exmouth beach.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives and want a role that’s varied, active and rewarding, we’d love to hear from you.

No two days at the Deaf Academy are the same — and every day brings an opportunity to make a real difference.

One moment, you could be supporting a student to achieve a qualification in the classroom; the next, facilitating communication on a work placement, helping a learner succeed on a supported internship, or supporting a young person to develop the independence skills they need for adult life. From educational visits and enrichment activities to everyday learning and personal development, your work will open doors, build confidence and create opportunities.

As a Communication Support Worker at the Deaf Academy, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring Deaf students with complex and / or additional needs, can access learning, achieve meaningful qualifications, gain valuable workplace experience and develop the communication, confidence and self-advocacy skills they need to thrive.

Working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team, you’ll help create accessible, inclusive learning environments where Deaf young people are empowered to pursue their ambitions, overcome barriers and realise their full potential.

We’re looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Trainee Communication Support Worker to join our team and help Deaf learners build the confidence, independence and skills they need to succeed.

This is an exciting opportunity to turn your passion for communication and inclusion into a meaningful career. With dedicated mentoring, structured training and hands-on experience, you’ll develop the knowledge, qualifications and practical skills needed to progress towards becoming a qualified Communication Support Worker.

Working alongside experienced Communication Support Workers, Teachers of the Deaf and Job Coaches, you’ll play a vital role in helping Deaf learners overcome barriers, access opportunities and achieve their goals.

Enabling deaf people to acquire language, achieve independence, develop socially and emotionally and excel educationally.

Come and help us achieve it. 

Working at the Deaf Academy, you can be certain that you are part of a team that does its utmost to inspire and enable our young people to thrive. Preparing young people for a happy, healthy and fulfilling future is what it’s all about for us. Are you looking for a new challenge? For a rewarding job where you have the opportunity to make a real difference? If so then we would love to hear from you!

As a Bank Learning Leader, you’ll have the opportunity to take on hours on a casual basis, whilst still building the experience of our unique Deaf education provision.

As part of this role you will provide support and/or interventions with children or young people in our School or College in academic subjects, addressing the needs of students who need help to overcome barriers to learning and behaviour. Alongside assisting the Classroom Teacher in planning, monitoring, assessments and effective teaching and learning of all students.