SEND Administrator

We are currently looking for a SEND Administrator in Stoke on Trent where our Aurora Hanley School supports young people aged 6 - 19 with complex needs typically related to Autism and other conditions.

Main Purpose of the role: To provide efficient and professional secretarial and administrative support to the SENDCo/ Assistant SENDCo and associated clinical team. This involves prioritising work load effectively under pressure and coping with conflicting demands in order to meet internally and externally imposed deadlines.

Key Duties:

• Providing overall administration support to the SENDCo and at times the Clinical Team to include SaLT, OT, Clinical and Assistant Psychologists.


• Planning of all Annual Review meetings and documentation ensuring deadlines are met.


• Supporting the EHCP review process


• Updating all relevant documentation including Provision Maps, Student Support Plans, Pathway plans and other documentation as required.


• Taking minutes and notes in key meetings to ensure that immediate recording is accurate, grammatically correct and clear.


• Typing correspondence to parents, agencies, professionals, staff and any internal correspondence under the direction of the SENDCo or clinical team


• Under the direction of the Clinical team or SENDCo carrying out individual assessments as requested


• Taking minutes across a range of SEND and clinical meetings, communicate actions and follow up on completion.


• Support communication of SEND to the wider staff team.


• Daily use of email. Responding to and managing information.


• Management of the SEND folder


• Produce templates, forms and resources as directed by the SENDCo


• Assist in the induction of new education staff being a source of help and advice on the administrative procedures


• Any other duties that are identified to be job related.
  
  You must be a competent user of ICT particularly creating Word and Excel documents including formatting. Able to design and develop PowerPoints under the direction of senior staff to a high standard. Use your ICT skills under pressure.


• Good level of literacy and numeracy (at least 5 GCSEs above C to include English and Maths or the equivalent).


• Demonstrable experience of working in administrative roles ideally to include knowledge of Educational Health and Care Plans or experience of working within a school environment.


• Working knowledge of general school policies and procedures including Keeping Children Safe in Education.


• Understanding of how to write/ communicate information to different audiences.


• Good organisational skills ability to work accurately with attention to detail.


• Ability to manage own time to deal with multiple tasks.


• High levels of interpersonal ability with excellent written and verbal communication
  
  The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities., Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.


Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.


• Training and Development


Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.

• Save money on your bills!!


With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

• Competitive Pay and Reward


Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension (from October) and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan


This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme