The Role:

SEND administration.

Supporting the school's SENDCo with daily administrative duties and other clerical duties as required by the SENDCo and Senior Leadership Team.

Reporting directly to the school's SENDCo.

Key Responsibilities: 

• To liaise with colleagues, parents and carers, external professionals as needed.
• Working with the SENDCo to manage the provision for all pupils’ care (including recording Pupil Premium spending)
• Typing, photocopying, emailing as required.
• Filing in line with GDPR principles.
• Updating pupil records and profiles.
• Maintain appointment diary / reminder systems and other required records for the school’s SENDCo.
• Arranging and typing SENDCo correspondence and arranging visits to the school as necessary.
• Responding to queries and sharing information with relevant parties as directed.
• General assistance with the maintenance of the school's MIS data.
• Minuting meetings as required.
• Ensuring such work of a high standard and that confidentiality is maintained.
• Producing data on all pupils as and when required.
• Other clerical tasks as prescribed by the SENDCo.
• A flexible approach combined with patience, tolerance, stamina and humour.
• Experience of working with/willingness to work with young people with challenging behaviours
• Able to communicate well with pupils and adults.
• A understanding of and experience of administration around EHCPs and the annual review cycle.
• A commitment to safeguarding.
• Experience of reception, administration and clerical work
• Experience of telephone network systems
• Communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Able to multitask and work effectively with frequent interruptions
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Attainment of 5 GCSE’s A-C (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
• Knowledge of Evidence for Learning and how to extract data.
• Knowledge of school systems such a Arbor and CPOMS (desired)
• Experience of reception and clerical work in a school or similar environment (desired)
• Typing skills (desired)
• Attainment of NVQ Level 2 qualification in receptionist/clerical related field (desired)
• Our school values are: Love, Integrity, Availability, Safeguarding, Compassion, Aspiration and Inclusion.

Our Total Reward Offer:

The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.

Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.

We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.

Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust, or to learn more about our People Strategy and Benefits click here.

If you need the application form or any part of the recruitment process in a different format, please contact us directly at bclark@brunelschool.org and we will make the necessary adjustments.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today. 

Safeguarding:

The Special Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.