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School Business Manager

School Business Manager

The Children's Trust School

Surrey

  • Expired
Salary:
£28,000 - £30,000
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
9 September 2017

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a School Business Manager to join the The Children’s Trust School. As the lead operational role within the School, the post holder will be expected to deliver a comprehensive finance and administrative service, establishing effective and efficient methods of improving administrative systems and processes within the School. The Business Manager will work closely and collaboratively with other departments within The Children’s Trust, ensuring the School’s financial, HR and operational activities comply with The Children’s Trust policies and procedures and with all external regulatory compliance.

The Children’s Trust School
At The Children’s Trust School our aim is to provide high quality education and expertise to meet each pupil’s individual special needs and to celebrate all achievements in a happy environment. As a non-maintained special school, we pride ourselves on seeing each individual as a ‘whole’ and delivering integrated, holistic education, therapy and care for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties.  We provide day and residential education for pupils aged 3-19 years old from our beautiful, 25-acre site in Tadworth, Surrey. 

For children with disabilities aged 0-5 years we also have ‘Taddies’, a weekly parent and child group that offers support and planned opportunities to learn through sensory play and fun! 

We offer individualised learning opportunities relevant to each pupil to support the development of their communication, language and literacy skills, their cognitive development, physical skills, environmental control and social, emotional and personal well-being. 

To apply, please complete our application form which you can download using the link below. Please note uploading a CV is optional but does not replace completing the application form and if you choose only to submit a CV your application will not be considered.

Successful candidates will be contacted for interview shortly after the deadline.

The Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

Registered charity number 288018. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales number 1757875. Registered office: The Children’s Trust, Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5RU. 

The Children’s Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is fully committed to protecting children and young people. All posts at The Children's Trust and The Children’s Trust School are subject to an enhanced DBS check. (previously known as a CRB check).

About The Children's Trust School

The Children’s Trust School is part of The Children’s Trust – a national charity working with children who have profound and multiple learning disabilities. We are based at a 24 acre site in Tadworth, Surrey but offer our services to children from across the UK.

The Trust offers a unique combination of skills and experience in meeting the complex needs of children with PMLD.

Our services comprise:

  • Short, medium and long term residential care and therapy
  • Residential rehabilitation for children with an acquired brain injury
  • Community-based rehabilitation for children returning to home/school after a brain injury 
  • Special education for pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities at St Margaret’s School
  • Short breaks (either at our site in Tadworth or in the family home)
  • Transitional care for children who are dependent on a ventilator or complex tracheostomy
  • Hospice/ palliative care

We have an unparalleled reputation in our field thanks to our commitment to meeting the diverse needs of these children and their families, coupled with our ability to deliver the best possible combination of nursing, therapy, medical care and education.

Our transitional care unit for technology-dependent children won the Healthcare and Medical Research category at The Charity Awards 2007 and we were voted the top charitable organisation for nurses to work for in the Nursing Times awards.

The specialist services we provide come at a cost which is not fully met by statutory sources, so we rely on voluntary donations from our supporters to meet the full cost. Click here to find out about our fundraising work.

The Children’s Trust School received an outstanding report from Ofsted - please see the attached document for full details. 

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Applications closed