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Senco Support - Part-time

Meadows School, Tunbridge Wells

  • Ref:KCC886-7011-5S
  • Posted:16/08/2018
  • Pay:£18,220 - £20,898 - FTE
  • Start Date:Oct 2018
  • App Close Date:07/09/2018 at 23:45
  • Interviews:September 2018

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Administrator – SENCO Support

Salary Scale – Barnardo’s W18A (£18,220.15 to £20,898.59)

Hours: 3 days per week (to be agreed) (21.75 hours)

Pro-rata for 39 weeks of the year

 

Ideally to start Autumn 2018 (start negotiable)

 

We require a SENCo Support Administrator who can;

  • Support the SENCo with daily administrative duties
  • Liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders
  • Work with the SENCo to manage the provision for children in care
  • Keep accurate and detailed records of meetings and discussions (with parent/carers and external agencies)
  • Be the designated support for children in care – produce minutes of meetings, update information and occasionally chair meetings in the absence of the SENCo

 

And who has;

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Experience of working/willingness to work with/understanding of young people with challenging behaviours
  • Highly-developed IT skills (Microsoft Office packages)
  • A flexible approach combined with patience, tolerance and stamina and humour
  • A willingness to undertake further training
  • Confidence and the ability to chair meetings when needed.

 

You may be required to work anywhere within Meadows School.

 

For further information on Meadows School in the first instance please consult the school website at: www.barnardos.org.uk/meadowsschool or contact Claire Ciano (SENCo) on 01892 529144. Visits to the school are encouraged.

Information about the school

Meadows School is a successful non-maintained day special school (7–19) incorporating an off-site primary campus run by Barnardo's. The school provides education for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties; Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Speech and Language difficulties and associated learning difficulties. Students all have Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) or are in the process of obtaining one. We offer placements on a 38 week Monday-Friday basis. Meadows School provides education and care for up to 100 students. The main campus is a 19 acre site with a large purpose-built school building, a gym block and post-16 provision. There are 8 classroom bases and several subject-based rooms including; science lab, IT suite and Food Technology area. The primary campus is in Tunbridge Wells and caters for KS2 students. Currently some 80 staff are employed across the school.

Benefits of working for Meadows School;

Small class sizes with high staff: student ratios Flexibility in curriculum design to meet students' need Extensive CPD opportunities and in-house training programmes Free school lunches Free on-site parking Discretionary sick pay scheme Employee Assistance Programme (health and well-being) Staff Benefits platform

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Rachel Hyden
  • Address:Meadows School, London Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0RJ
  • Telephone: 01892 529144
  • Email: rachel.hyden@barnardos.org.uk

Fax: 01892 527787

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.