Admin Assistant
Vale School
Haringey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 4
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 9 October 2023
Job overview
Permanent Post - Scale 4 Admin Assistant- Vale School
Hours: 2pm -4pm, Monday – Thursday - Term time only
Grade: Scale 4
Contract: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Vale School is seeking to appoint a permanent Admin Assistant for our Secondary Department, co-located with Dukes Aldridge Academy.
Vale School is a unique all age special school for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, medical conditions, learning difficulties, developmental delay, communication difficulties and emotional and behavioural needs. No two days are ever the same here at Vale School.
We are a school filled with bright, articulate, funny children whose needs could not be met in a mainstream setting. All of our children have an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) highlighting their range of needs (medical, social, emotional and/or academic) so learning has to be personalised in order for our children to make progress.
As Admin Assistant your role is front facing and your day will be varied including seeing children in and out of school, answering telephone calls from parents/carers/stakeholders, updating the school databases and much more. The role is diverse and unpredictable which requires a reliable, organised and efficient staff member.
The successful postholder will be required to establish and develop a professional service to support the school in raising attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality.
We are looking to appoint a candidate to fulfil this diverse role who has:
- The ability to communicate at all levels with care and discretion both face to face, email, text and by telephone
- Good IT skills, accurate typing
- The ability to assist in the smooth running of the school office carrying out day to day administrative tasks
- The ability to work to deadlines as part of a team or on own with minimum supervision
- A good sense of humour is positive, flexible and can adapt when unexpected issues arise
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Knowledge of school systems such as ARBOR, SIMMS
What we offer as a school:
- A fantastic and supportive staff team who collectively strive to make a difference.
- Continuous Professional Development which will develop your own personal skills and build your confidence.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – 365 days a year helpline and additional support with legal, financial advice and counselling
All candidates will be required to complete assessment tasks at interview.
Please note that we would recommend and are happy to host a school visit. Please ring 0207 801 6111 to arrange
The safety, welfare and wellbeing of the children is the first priority of Governors and staff at Vale School. All appointments are subject to appropriate vetting and barring checks, as described in the current DfE Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’
Interested?
Further details and an application pack are available from:
Vale School
Trulock Road,
London N17 0PG
Tel: 0208 801 6111
Email: office@vale.haringey.sch.uK
Please note we do not accept CVs and any sent will not be considered.
Closing date: Monday 10th October 2023 @ 12 noon
Interview date: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Attached documents
About Vale School
- Vale School
- Trulock Road, Tottenham
- London
- N17 0PG
- United Kingdom
Vale School is a community special school in Haringey, North London offering a high quality, child-centred, inclusive and specialist education for 108 pupils aged 2-16yrs with a wide range of special educational needs including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, medical conditions, developmental delay, and learning or communication difficulties.
We are proud of our warm, welcoming environment, where child-centred team work is at the core of everything we do. We have a well-established supportive leadership team, an experienced and committed school staff and we work in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals from Whittington Health and other key stakeholders.
We strive to provide the very best learning opportunities for all, and are creative in our approach to ensure a personalised learning journey for every child. Our curriculum provides flexible opportunities to draw on children's experiences to communicate important values in a meaningful context. Our bespoke curriculum is underpinned by the National Curriculum and has been created to meet the needs of our learners, and provide stretch and challenge for all.
Our school is situated on four mainstream school sites, allowing the benefits of best practices of a special school and supported opportunities, experiences and challenges of mainstream provision. In order to meet the range needs most effectively, the provision we offer is also varied, for example:
- a primary aged child who is able to access a mainstream curriculum with the addition of specific support may attend our Vale Inclusion Scheme at Belmont Infant and Belmont Junior School –spending the majority of time in their mainstream class.
- a child with complex needs may attend the Primary Department co-located with Lancasterian Primary School – with small group teaching with other children with similar needs, with appropriate inclusion opportunities, led by a Vale teacher and approximately three SNAs. For a small number of pupils with very complex medical needs who may need a longer transition into school we provide a tailored outreach programme.
- a secondary aged student will attend our Secondary Department which is co-located with Duke's Aldridge Academy; they would have a programme tailored to their individual needs, as above ranging from specialist teaching to full mainstream inclusion.
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