SEN Administrative Assistant

20 hours per week (term-time plus 2 weeks)- Monday to Friday afternoons (Can be negotiated within reason)

Salary: £13,891 per annum to £15,113 per annum (based on working arrangements)

We are looking for a motivated individual who is ready to make a real difference in the lives of our students. The successful candidate will support the SENCO and Intervention Lead with administrative support, ensuring the school’s SEN provision is compliant with SEND Code of Practice. This is a fixed term role until 24 July 2027.

Key Responsibilities include :

• To liaise with any specialists, outside agencies and any other professionals to ensure provision is in place and recorded.
• Support communication between the SENCO and class teachers, teaching assistants and leadership teams.
• To be the point of contact between the school and Surrey Case Officers.
• To support the SENCO with Key Stage transfers and pupil place requests from Surrey Case Officers.
• To provide administrative support to the staff team by providing centralised administration of the Annual Review process.
• Liaising with outside agencies to arrange meetings and co-ordinate agency timetable to ensure pupils receive allocated hours on Education, Health and Care Plan/s.
• To keep related SIMS/MyConcern SEN data and documents up to date.

What We’re Looking For:

You will have a good interpersonal and listening skills, with the ability to establish professional working relationships.

• Good written and oral communication skills are important
• Previous experience of working in an office environment, with the ability to organise and prioritise your own work.
• Confident in using a range of ICT Tools
• Alignment with our values: Integrity, Partnership, Advocacy, Resilience, Compassion, and Aspiration.
• An interest in ‘Bringing out the Best’ in every pupil in their learning outcomes.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the THPT HR Team by email at hrteam@cuddington.thpt.org.uk.

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All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

Safeguarding and Further Information

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.