Working with us
Career Opportunities at The John Townsend Trust
We are committed to working with young deaf people with additional needs in
order to support them to achieve their full potential. We work within a total communication environment which includes British Sign Language, Sign Supported English and augmentative communication systems including objects of reference and significance. Our staff are expected to achieve British Sign Language Level 1 and staff working directly with our children and young people are expected to achieve Levels 2, 3 and 4 as appropriate to the requirements of their role.
We offer interesting and stimulating work in a wide range of areas including
residential care, teaching, educational and learning support, nursing, speech and
language therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, physiotherapy, fundraising,
finance, human resources, administration and facilities. We offer excellent training and development opportunities and term time and full year contracts in many areas of work. All successful applicants for posts will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure Check by the Criminal Records Bureau.
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Volunteering with Us
Volunteering at the John Townsend Trust offers a wide variety of opportunities from
working directly with our deaf children and young people in School or College or at
their residences to helping out with administration. There are also opportunities to get mucky at Monkshill Farm, gardening and helping to develop our grounds or working directly with the community through our new Community Living Services Programme. Training, support and development will be offered to volunteers in relation to their role. This will include learning British Sign Language as it is our main form of communication with our staff and pupils.
There are also many opportunities for fundraising in the community including joining our Friends group, organising events, helping at events organised by our fundraising team, advertising our 100 Club and placing and returning collection tins to and from businesses in your local community. Fundraising volunteers can commit to volunteering on a regular basis or helping at one-off events, whichever fits in best with their lifestyle. You don’t need to live locally to the Trust to be a fundraising volunteer.
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Volunteering with Us
A volunteer is a person who contributes their time and skills to help others of their own free will and without payment. Volunteering brings many benefits to the volunteer as well as to the organisation that they are helping. Benefits related to volunteering at the John Townsend Trust include strengthening your CV, meeting new people, having fun, being part of a team, experiencing new challenges, learning new skills, receiving training and finding a volunteering opportunity that is suited to you as an individual.
We hope to see you volunteering soon!
For more information regarding volunteering please phone Emma Bourne
01843 227561 or Email ebourne@rsdcm.org.uk
