British Sign Language Level 1 Award

Top Rated UK Deaf Awareness Training and Courses

At Study Sharpe, we offer a range of tailored Deaf Awareness training courses and support services which are designed to help employees understand how to communicate effectively with D/deaf people. Our core focus is on helping businesses create an inclusive community internally and externally.

We also provide consultancy services for organisations who need basic advice in developing their own policies and procedures specifically to Deaf equality issues.

Do you want to make your company more Deaf Aware & inclusive?

You’ll have access to our expertise and we will work closely with you in order to help your business operations become as diverse as possible. Below is an outline of our courses.

Feel free to contact us if you want more information about Study Sharpe’s Deaf Awareness training courses or any other service we offer!

What are the Benefits of Deaf Awareness Training?

Our courses will provide you with the essential tools to become ‘Deaf Friendly’ organisations where staff and management will feel confident in providing potential D/deaf customers with the excellent customer service skills that you would expect from a fully accessible and inclusive organisation.

We create courses tailored to your business needs with bespoke aspects covered to include British Sign Language (BSL) basic phrases with relevant vocabulary linked to your service needs and customers. We also pride ourselves on giving you useful background knowledge in various aspects of Deaf Culture and the Deaf Community.

Key Benefits Include:

Create an inclusive and accessible business which will protect your reputation and increase its value
Ensure that the business culture is one of diversity and inclusion
Protection against legal action and tribunals
Open opportunities to employee workers from a larger pool of talent
Protect your business reputation against negative reviews or comments in local/national press, online forums and on social media

By Engaging in the Access to Work scheme for D/deaf employees you can reduce the costs of enabling an inclusive and accessible workplace.

What Does the Full BSL Level 1 Course Cover?

The Full BSL Level 1 Award consists of 3 separate units that must be passed to achieve the Full Level 1 Qualification and is designed to enable learners to communicate with D/deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). A range of topics are studied that involve simple, everyday language use. The course provides an introduction to BSL and is suitable for all learners

This course can be tailored to suit your business with relevant content to the needs of your workplace and staff. After completing the BSL101 Unit, Staff can then choose to take the further two remaining units (BSL102/3) to obtain the full Level 1 BSL Award which is a nationally recognised qualification.