Senco Assistant

1 week ago

Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Barnardo's Full time

Meadows School is a successful non-maintained day and residential special school (for 7-19 year olds) on a main campus and off-site junior provision run by Barnardo's, providing education for pupils with Social Emotional and Mental Health difficulties; Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Speech and Language difficulties and associated learning difficulties.

**Job Purpose**:
To be responsible for ensuring the administrative support to a service or group of services is provided in an efficient and effective manner.

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**
- Supporting the SENCo with daily administrative duties
- To liaise with colleagues, parents and carers, external

professionals
- Working with the SENCo to manage the provision for

children in care (including recording Pupil Premium
spending)
- Act as the Designated Support for children in care

**What Meadows can offer for you**:
We are looking forward to having you onboard. For your dedication to Meadows, we'll reward you with competitive salary and benefits. At Meadows you will set high expectations, promote a love of learning, and make a positive contribution to the ethos of the school. As well as this you will receive:

- A fantastic location set in acres of open space.
- A full induction to your role.
- Access to Barnardos Benefits - save money on groceries, holidays, fashion, gifts and experiences.
- Continuous Professional Development and Learning.
- Free daily healthy lunches.
- Free on-site car parking.
- Full school holidays, and additional yearly 'recognition' day to take.
- Generous Barnardos pension (for non-teaching staff).
- Medical cover to costs of optician check-ups and flu jabs.
- Progression opportunities.
- Wellbeing services including employee assistance and on-site counsellor.

It is imperative that you have the passion for making a difference to the education and lives of the young people within the school and in building positive and supportive relationships. You should be a team player, resilient and motivated by challenge and have the ability to think creatively. You will need to be willing to work to Barnardo's Basis and Values.

You may be required to work anywhere within Meadows School (across Key Stage 2-5).

Key Requirements:

- A flexible approach combined with patience, tolerance, stamina and humour
- Experience of working with/willingness to work with young people with challenging behaviours
- Physical and mental resilience. Ability to carry out theory TCI (Therapeutic Care Interventions)
- A willingness to undertake further training
- Good levels of literacy and numeracy
- Able to communicate well with students and adults
- A manual driving license, with a requirement to drive school vehicles.

We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience.

Barnardo's Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.-
- Read further about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks in our applicant information sheet below.-
- About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

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