Children’s Home Service Coordinator

Job Title: Children’s Home Service Coordinator

Reference No(s): EH CHSC 0924

Salary: £25,411.71 - £29,158.39 per annum FTE Actual £19,851.09 - £23,469.16

Location: Headington, Oxfordshire

Closing Date: 7th October 2024

Start Date: ASAP

Interview Date: 8th October 2024

Hours of Work: 30 hours Monday – Friday 9am – 3pm

MacIntyre Academies Trust opened its first academy, in Headington, Oxford in September 2014. Endeavour Academy is a specialist Academy providing support for children and young people with autism and associated Severe Learning Difficulties aged from 8 to 19 years old.

The Role

Endeavour Academy is currently looking for a new position as Children’s Home Service Coordinator, to provide administrative and operational support to their residential home in Barton, Oxford. At Endeavour Academy we look to provide an exceptional level of care for all of our residents to ensure that each individual is supported to live a life full of fulfilment and meaning.

This position will provide a comprehensive and confidential administrative and support service to the House and the Registered Manager. The Coordinator will sit at the heart of the Academy and will be a key contributor to our culture of respect, optimism, celebration and mutual support which promotes equality within, and values the diversity of the Academy community.

Duties will include House diary management, written and verbal communication with parents, social workers, support staff, as well as the maintenance of documentation required to comply with the Children’s Home regulations including Ofsted quality standards.

About You

We are looking for an individual with excellent organisational skills who can work in a busy environment and prioritise tasks effectively. You will have a strong working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel and previous experience of working within an administrative/support role.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work within our code of confidentiality. You will have excellent team-working skills.

Benefits - Our people are the heart of our success

In return we can offer you:

·       A competitive salary  

·       Generous Annual Leave Entitlement (Plus Bank Holidays) 

·       A loyalty scheme which rewards you with an extra day of annual leave each September with length of service over 12 months (up to 5 additional days) 

·       Discretionary regional allowance of £1,000 (pro-rata)

·       Discretionary Special School Allowance £750 per annum (pro rata role dependent) 

·       Excellent local government pension scheme 

·       Enrolment in a level 3 diploma in children and young people (subject to successful 6-month probation period)

·       Family Friendly policies 

·       Wellbeing, Bereavement and Menopause policies 

·       Enhanced Sick Pay 

·       Wellbeing initiatives in your setting 

·       Full induction 

·       Training and development and the support of a trained line manager and dedicated senior leaders 

·       Access to further professional development  

·       Cycle to Work Scheme 

·       Annual MAT Life Day to take for that special occasion 

·       Annual Flu Jabs 

·       Free eye tests through Specsavers 

·       An Employee Assistance Programme to Support your health and wellbeing an access to various perks including discounts Tesco, Cineworld, Go Ape and many more 

·       Death in Service 

·       Long Service Recognition 

·       Recommend a Friend Scheme - £100 Voucher 

·       Trained Mental Health First Aiders 

·       Driving training – MPV minibus awareness course 

·       Enhanced DBS Certificate (Paid for by MacIntyre Academies) 

·       Self service portal to facilitate leave and amend personal information 

·       We have an active employee engagement programme which includes Termly ‘You are Awesome’ awards, an annual Employee Big Thank you Day, Annual CPD Trust wide conference. 

·       Access to Blue Light Card/ Discounts for Teachers which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for social care staff/ Teachers and support staff 

Safeguarding

MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references. This post includes engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Referees will be asked to assess suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children or young people and will be verbally verified. Individual Safeguarding Policies for our Academies can be found on our website under ‘Essential Information’ and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process.

In line with the update to KSCIE 2022 MacIntyre Academies will carry out an online search of the candidate once the shortlisting process has been completed as part of their due diligence. This may involve a google search of the candidate’s name, looking at the top three search results over the past three years. If any incidents or issues are identified that are publicly available online this will be explored with the candidate at interview stage.

*Salaries are based on Full-Time-Equivalent and are pro-rata for part time roles. Salaries are dependent on experience with option of additional hours through the extended school provision