Receptionist

Do you want to be a part of a team, supporting staff, supporting individuals with Special
Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)?
Breckenbrough School are seeking to appoint a Receptionist to join our busy school administration team.

We welcome applications from all – experience is preferred but not essential.

The role is a term time only. Previous experience of working with individuals who have Autism would be beneficial to your application along with a positive, calm, and adaptable personality.
Your days will vary depending on who you are supporting, but you will always:

• Put the individual needs of the students first
• Be compassionate, caring and respectful.
• Treat everyone as an equal
• Support the other people in your team in achieving the team’s objectives
• Be resilient when things get difficult, knowing that with your support amazing results are possible

Benefits offered to the staff team are:

• Childcare Voucher scheme
• Ride to work cycle scheme
• Tech scheme
• 38 week term dates
• Full in house training scheme which provides statutory training in fire, first aid, and safeguarding, physical intervention along with pertinent topics to assist with pupil engagement, intervention and SEN focuses
• Meals provided during shift times
• Free parking

Job Requirements

• Strong communication skills, a positive and caring attitude, and a willingness to work as part of a small,
committed team with empathy, resilience and robustness
• GCSE (Grade A* – C) English Language or equivalent and Maths
• Previous Word Processing/Data Inputting experience
• Excellent knowledge across a wide range of IT packages:-
o Outlook/Diary Management – Intermediate
o Excel – Intermediate
o Word – Intermediate
• Previous experience of working with confidential and sensitive information and knowledge of how to deal with it.
• Previous clerical/administrative experience
• Good keyboard skills including accuracy and attention to detail with good grammar and spelling
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing
• Diary management and e-mail skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to keep calm and work to tight deadlines

Your starting salary will be Point 6 as of 1 April 2020 – £ 19,698 per annum, £14,445.20 pro rata, £10.10 per hour term time only, 32.5 hours per week, working Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm, 8.30 am – 1.30pm Friday, with a half hour for lunch. This will be reviewed annually and your salary will be paid monthly, directly into your Bank account.

Breckenbrough is a Quaker led residential Special School which specialises in helping boys with Autism, ADHD and additional complexities reach their academic and social and emotional potential.

Breckenbrough are dedicated to safeguarding and require all our staff to hold and Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Portable DBS is preferable.
For further information and to request an application pack, please see the links below:

Closing date for completed applications: Noon, 14th October 2021
Interviews to held here in school: Wednesday 20th October 2021

You can download a Job Description here

You can download an application form here

You can download an equal opportunities form here

SEND Learning Support 

Do you have a real desire to support individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in a learning environment? 

If you have an empathetic nature, nurturing personality and a desire to work with children and young people with learning difficulties, then we are looking for you to join our learning support team.  We are looking to appointment 2 full time roles (term time only) and are open to consider job share applications.

Previous experience of working with individuals who have Autism would be beneficial to your application along with a positive, calm, and adaptable personality. 

Breckenbrough is a residential Special School which specialises in helping boys reach their academic and social and emotional potential. The school provides both day places and weekly boarding over 38 weeks. 

Job Requirements 

• Strong communication skills, a positive and caring attitude, and a willingness to work as part of a small, committed team.
• Give ourstudents atruly person-centred support in doing the things they love to do, and in making choices and decisions 
• Support thestudentsin getting their voice heard 
• Enable thestudentsto learn, grow and develop to their full potential 
• Be compassionate, caring and respectful.
• Treat everyone as an equal
• Supportcolleaguesin your team in achieving the team’s objectives 
• Be resilient when things get difficult, knowing that with your support amazing results are possible

Benefits offered to the staff team are: 

• Complimentary tea and coffee throughout the day
• Complimentary lunch 5 days per week 
• Free staff parking
• Ride to work cycle scheme
• 38 week term dates
• Full in house training scheme which provides statutory training in fire, first aid, and safeguarding, physical intervention along with pertinent topics to assist with pupil engagement, intervention and SEN focuses.

 Your starting salary will be Point 6 as of 1 April 2020 – £ 19,698 per annum, £14,445.20 pro rata, £10.10 per hour term time only, 32.5 hours per week, working Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm, 8.30 am – 1.30pm Friday, with a half hour for lunch. This will be reviewed annually and your salary will be paid monthly, directly into your Bank account.

Breckenbrough is a Quaker led residential Special School which specialises in helping boys with Autism, ADHD and additional complexities reach their academic and social and emotional potential.

Breckenbrough are dedicated to safeguarding and require all our staff to hold and Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Portable DBS is preferable.
For further information and to request an application pack, please see the links below:

Closing date for completed applications: Noon, 14th October 2021
Interviews to held here in school: Wednesday 20th October 2021

You can download a Job Description here

You can download an application form here

You can download an equal opportunities form here