Welcome to Birch Wood School, where we believe in providing exceptional support to students with diverse needs, including learning and cognition challenges, Severe Learning Difficulties, and Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulties. Some students may have diagnoses of Autism and/or ADHD.
By joining Birch Wood, you become part of a community with an unwavering determination to continuously enhance our school and provide the best outcomes for our pupils. Our supportive and dynamic team is ready to welcome you.
Current vacancies
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Admin Assistant
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure that visitors to the school site sign in, provide suitable ID including child protection documentation where applicable, are issued with a visitor pass and are taken to / collected by the appropriate person.
- To answer the telephone and deal with routine queries where possible, or otherwise transfer calls or take and pass on messages.Â
- To make routine telephone calls to pass on or obtain information or to raise/resolve simple queries.
- To undertake post duties, including collecting, opening, sorting and distributing incoming post, and enveloping and dispatching outgoing post.Â
What We’re Looking For
Qualifications:
- Level 2 qualifications in maths/numeracy and English/literacy.
- OR Able to demonstrate numeracy/literacy skills sufficient for the demands of the post.Â
Experience:
- Experience of responding to members of the public in a work setting.
- Experience of completing basic administrative tasks
Skills & Knowledge:
- Knowledge of child protection procedures.
- Knowledge of basic health and safety procedures.
- Ability to use standard office equipment and software
- Ability to use own initiative to respond to routine queries using standardised information.
Home School Link Worker
Maternity Leave cover
Experience:
- Experience of working with disadvantaged children, young people and families.
- Experience of supporting individuals with social, emotional or behavioural needs.
- Experience of working collaboratively with professional across different services (inter-agency working).
- Experience of maintaining records and producing reports.
Skills & Knowledge:
- Understanding family dynamics and the impact on children’s learning and wellbeing
- Ability and willingness to undertake professional development
- Ability to effectively manage pupil behaviour in accordance with school policy and procedure
- Knowledge of child protection and health and safety procedures.
Please view our short video below to see what it is like to work at Birch Wood School:
To explore these opportunities further, please download our application form here and submit the completed form to office@birchwoodschool.co.uk, clearly detailing which role(s) you are interested in. For any inquiries or to discuss these roles in more detail, contact the school office at 01664 483340.