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Current Vacancies

The Deaf Academy offers a wide range of career paths with their own unique skills and expertise. In our award winning setting your career pathway can take different routes to meet your own interests and specialities.

See below a list of our current vacancies, if you are interested in working for us but can’t see a vacancy below that suits your skills or experience join our talent pool.

Residential Care Workers

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 young people 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.

£25,692 to £32,123
Closes: 26 October 2026

Communication Support Worker (Qualified)

Every day at the Deaf Academy is different. One moment you may be supporting a student to access a qualification in the classroom, the next you could be facilitating communication during a work placement, supporting a learner on a supported internship, helping a young person develop their independence skills, or enabling full participation in enrichment activities and events.

As a Communication Support Worker, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Deaf students can fully access learning, achieve meaningful qualifications, gain valuable workplace experience, and develop the confidence, communication skills and self-advocacy needed for successful adult lives. Working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team, you will help create inclusive, accessible environments where Deaf young people can thrive, achieve their ambitions and realise their potential.

£24,306 – 28,938
Closes: 19 October 2026

Communication Support Worker – Trainee

Are you looking for a career supporting deaf young people in education and employment settings? Do you hold BSL Level 2 or L3, with a desire to develop your professional skills and progress through a recognised Communication Support Worker career pathway. As a Trainee Communication Support Worker, you will receive mentoring and support to gain the qualifications, knowledge and practical experience needed to become a qualified CSW, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of deaf learners every day.

£22,846 – 23,552
Closes: 19 October 2026

Residential Care Worker – Bank

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 Bank Residential Care Workers to join our inspiring team, supporting young people 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.

£15.68 – £17.05 an hour
Closes: 20 October 2026

Learning Leader – Bank

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.

£15.68- 16.74
Closes: 2 November 2026

Apply in British Sign Language (BSL)

Apply in British Sign Language (BSL)

You can apply for any of our vacancies in BSL as a film clip. Please include your name, contact details and the following:

  • Your qualifications
  • Where you worked before
  • The skills you can bring to the role.

Please upload your BSL film clip via WeTransfer and email to hr@thedeafacademy.ac.uk

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact us as follows:

BSL users, text only to: 07530 703482

Call: 01395 203 130

Email: hr@thedeafacademy.ac.uk