You can do a British Sign Language and deaf studies degree, although it's not essential.
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
- 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English
- 2 to 3 A levels, or equivalent, for a degree
Communication support workers (CSWs) help deaf students in education.
£18,000 Starter
to£22,000 Experienced
37 to 39 term time
between 8am and 6pm
You can get into this job through:
You can do a British Sign Language and deaf studies degree, although it's not essential.
You'll usually need:
You can do a college qualification like:
You'll be expected to have a level 2 sign language qualification to get onto one of these courses.
You can do further qualifications at higher levels once you start work.
You may be able to find a job as an assistant communication support worker and complete your qualifications while working.
Experience of working or volunteering with children with deafness or hearing loss will be useful.
You can do sign language training through organisations like Signature, which also offers a Certificate in Learning Support for Communication Support Workers.
You can get more advice about working in communication support from Signature.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work at a school, at a special needs school, at a college or at a university.
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