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Communication support workers (CSWs) help deaf students in education.
You can do a British Sign Language and deaf studies degree, although it's not essential. You'll usually need 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent.
Volunteering
Experience of working or volunteering with children with deafness or hearing loss will be useful.
You'll need:
In this role you could:
With experience, you could move into a management position within sensory impairment or disability services. With further training, you could progress to become a sign language interpreter, a disability adviser or a teacher for deaf students. There are some opportunities to use sign language skills in theatre, television, multimedia production and courts of law. Signers are sometimes booked to interpret in interviews.
British Sign Language (BSL) teachers teach sign language to children, young people and adults, and teach other subjects using sign language.
Senior care workers provide physical and emotional support to individuals and supervise teams of care assistants.
Special educational needs (SEN) teaching assistants support teachers to help children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Nursery workers help babies and children up to 5 years old to develop and learn in a safe and supportive setting.
Social work assistants give advice, guidance and support to help people with their physical, emotional and social needs.
Higher education (HE) lecturers research and teach academic and vocational subjects at universities and higher education colleges.
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