Administrator (The Elms Enrichment Service)

**Role**:Administrator
**Location**:ELMS Service, Mirfield, WF14 0DQ
**Salary**:£11.54/hr
**Hours**:21hrs per week across 3 or 4 days (to be discussed at interview)

At Hollybank Trust we believe in providing high-quality, person-centered care to the adults and young people we support. Our dedicated residential teams work with our therapists, enrichment team, and clinical team to ensure that we provide quality of life, for life.

At our dedicated enrichment service, The ELMS, we welcome day-time placements for young people who are over 18 years of age with complex and profound disabilities and sensory impairments. Our skilled and experienced team work closely with family members, social workers and school transition workers, to create a person-centred programme of meaningful activities. The young people and adults who visit our Elms Day Service can choose to take part in a wide range of different activity sessions.

**As the ELMS Administrator, typical day to day work activities will include**:

- General office administrative tasks and secretarial assistance for the department, acting as an effective and efficient support function.
- Providing effective support to the Manager, such as letter writing, creating, and maintaining databases on Excel and Word for training, collating information, checking documentation, reports and newsletters etc.
- To be the point of contact for all enquiries regarding ELMS bookings.
- To follow up and record non-attendance at sessions accordingly and in a timely manner.
- To undertake administrative tasks and provide secretarial assistance for ELMS, acting as an effective and efficient support function.

**What we look for from our staff**:

- ** Confidence** - Suggesting new ways of working, not being afraid to ask questions, challenging poor practice when you see it.
- ** Curiosity** - Not seeing any lack of experience as a barrier, asking why we do things in the way we do them, and looking for ways to learn and develop.
- ** Happiness** - Being a reliable and positive person, being outgoing and vibrant, and enjoying the work you do.
- ** Kindness** - Putting the adults first and working in a person-centered way, supporting your colleagues, and looking after yourself

**What we offer**:

- A competitive salary and great pension scheme.
- Paid pre-employment training to give you a great head start.
- An employee rewards scheme with retail discounts and more.
- A comprehensive employee assistance program, including support for mental health, a company sick pay scheme, and a life insurance benefit.
- A fantastic, open, and supportive working environment.
- Training & Development opportunities to support your development.
- A wealth of opportunities to gain experience in a variety of skills.

**Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship to work in the UK, and we do ask that you have at least 6 months of UK based work experience in any sector.**

**Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy. We will ask you to pay for your inital DBS check, unless you have a portable DBS, and then the cost of this will be reimbursed to you upon successful completion of your probation period.**

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**_ We want people from underrepresented groups such as Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBTQIA+) communities to succeed at Hollybank Trust and our policies and procedures ensure that this can happen. Click _**_here_**_ to find out more about our approach to equality and diversity._**

**_ Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job._