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One year fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, required from January/February 2019
Local Government Scale Point 15 - 19 plus Special Needs Allowance (£9.98 per hour to £10.74 per hour)
37 hours per week, 52 weeks per week. (Term time only and shorter hours may be considered if candidate has similar experience.)
We are seeking to appoint an Administration Assistant to work in a very busy front office in this all age special school.
The ability to independently prioritise workload keeping to strict timeframes and good word processing skills are essential. Knowledge of SIMS and FMS would be an advantage.
Must be comfortable dealing with staff, students, parents and other professionals visiting the school.
Work will include:
· Telephone and Reception duties
· Word processing/collating and preparing of paperwork for Education Health Care Plans
· Processing Individual Support Plans for teachers and parents
· Production of annual student reports (summer term)
· Receiving students in the morning and recording lunch requirements
· Students admissions
· Processing of some orders
· Receiving bookings for extended and holiday clubs including invoicing
· Other general administrative tasks including receiving cash, creating lists etc.
Information about the School
The St. Christopher School is a specialist special school for Communication & Interaction for pupils aged 3 - 19. We work with a wide range of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, communication & interaction difficulties and range of learning difficulties. The school is part of SEN Trust Southend.
SEN Trust Southend opened as a formal partnership on 1 September 2017. The four special schools, The St. Christopher School, Kingsdown School, Lancaster School and St. Nicholas School have always worked closely together to create a strong group of special schools which aim to meet the majority of needs of those pupils who require specialist support in a specialist educational school with Southend. We created the Multi-Academy Trust to help us continue this work.