REMA Bilingual Support Worker

This role has a salary of £13.89 per hour + additional annual leave allowance. It is a bank contract meaning working hours are flexible and as required.

You will be required Surrey wide with the possibility of out-of-Surrey assignments.

Posts available for first language speakers of the following languages:

• Albanian
• Amharic
• Arabic Sudanese (must have lived in Sudan)
• Bulgarian
• Persian Farsi
• Kurdish Sorani
• Lithuanian
• Nepalese
• Oromo
• Pashto
• Romani
• Romanian
• Somali
• Tagalog
• Tamil
• Tigre
• Tigrinya
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

As a Bilingual Support Worker employed on a bank staff basis you will work for the REMA service (Race Equality & Minority Achievement) when required, to assist in improving outcomes for children and young people from minority language communities.

You will assist schools in Surrey and REMA specialist teachers in identifying the pupils’ language and learning needs and in communicating between schools and parents. If required, you will provide bilingual support for specified bilingual pupils and may be required to support with interpreting and/or translation for schools or other Surrey services including social services or to conduct joint home visits and to contribute to out of school activities.

REMA service is an experienced team with combined expertise in English as an Additional Language (EAL) and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) work. You will be part of a large team of REMA bilingual support workers (BSWs) directly line managed by Bilingual Support Coordinator. This position is on zero hours basis which means that although we do not guarantee to offer you any work on a regular basis neither are you required to accept any work offered if it is not convenient for you.

What we can offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexibility to work around your existing job
• Paid travel expenses
• Continuous Professional Development and access to further training

In order to be considered for shortlisting, you will;

• Be a first language speaker of one of the above languages with life experience within the culture of the language
• Have a qualification or experience in language interpretation
• Have the ability to work with children, with parents and with colleagues and other professionals.
• Have a commitment to personal and professional self-development and have basic computing and applications skills.

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For more information, please find the full job description attached below. Please ensure you refer to this before you submit your application.

For an informal discussion please contact Mariana Wallington by e-mail at mariana.wallington@surreycc.gov.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit. Please indicate what your first language is at the time of submitting your online application.

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.