Step-down services for children and young adults
At Young Foundations, we specialise in residential step-down services, and specialist education, for children and young people with complex needs.
Family Liaison Officer and SEND Administrator
Mortimer House School, Tamworth
Family Liaison Officer and SEND Administrator
Mortimer House School, 17 Victoria Road, Tamworth, B79 7HS
Salary: £24,000.00 – £28,000.00
Hours of Week: 40 per week
Contract Type: Term Time Only (Fixed Term Contract – 6 months)
Requirements:
- A good level of academic qualifications including GSCE Maths and English.
- Must be experienced and accomplished in the use of office software including Word, Power Point, Excel and Outlook
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and managing conflicting priorities.
- PA Experience
- Good standard of presentation and inter-personal skills both written and oral – able to act as a reliable and effective first point of contact.
- Familiarity with needs of pupils and their parents/carers
As a Family Liaison Officer and SEND Administrator you will:
- Maintain and develop personnel services that will support the school in maintaining excellent human resource practice, statutory requirements and its obligations to staff.
- Maintain and manage the Purchase Ledger system and petty cash process, as required by Young Foundations.
- Liaise professionally with external agencies such as Housing, NSPCC, Sure Start, Social Care, Early Intervention Teams, Passenger Transport, YOS and Police.
- To act as a point of contact in school for families in need of support and to build effective relationships with families.
- Work alongside SENCO ensuring pre and post meeting paperwork for SEND meetings (Pep & EHCP) is sent to all parties by deadlines and pupil files are kept up to date.
- Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- To support the Senior Leaders in identifying possible under attainment and underachievement linked to poor attendance or other barriers external or internal.
About Mortimer House School
Mortimer House School provides a full curriculum experience for up to 18 students, from the ages of 11 to 18. Our Approach to education is to inspire and engage our students through a wide range of positive learning experiences.
Through this curriculum out go is that students are able to develop self-esteem and personal resilience. Our school ethos believes in showing respect for one another, which results in a happy school community.
Benefits of Working for us:
- A rewarding career you can be truly proud of
- A supportive environment that is committed to helping you flourish and deliver excellent care to the people we support
- Competitive pay
- Career development and training
- Progression Opportunities
- Salary Sacrifice
- Enhanced maternity package
If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!
Young Foundations are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process across the company online with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference, right to work checks and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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About Mortimer House School
Mortimer House School (previously called Stepping Stones School) offers a unique, warm, safe and caring educational environment for children and young people who may not thrive and achieve in an external setting at this point in their lives. We understand young people learn in very different ways, and a person centred approach enables success.
Our individual, person-centred timetables will include core subjects, but the core curriculum is also embedded in holistic activities to enhance learning opportunities.