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Receptionist/Administrator

Receptionist/Administrator

Oliver House School

Lancashire

  • New
Salary:
£12.00 per hour £23,400.00
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
3 January 2025

Job overview

There is no better time to start a career within our Administration team than now!


Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?


If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment, then look no further and apply today!


We are looking for a receptionist/administrator to work at Oliver House School which educates pupils with autism and significant learning difficulties. This role offers the successful candidate a variety of responsibilities:

  • General reception duties, answering telephones, taking messages, transferring calls.
  • Welcoming visitors.
  • Supporting Teachers & Teaching Assistants with requests for class groups.
  • Health & Safety responsibilities and file maintenance.
  • Daily delivery management and stock management.
  • Creating education materials.
  • Opening and distributing posts.
  • Typing documents for pupil files.
  • Annual Archiving

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The successful candidate will be professional with a friendly telephone manner and have the ability to take accurate messages and field calls efficiently. We are looking for a candidate with administration experience who will work closely with the Senior Administrator who will provide full training and support in the role. The successful candidates will understand the importance of confidentiality and safeguarding and be welcoming to pupils, staff and visitors.


Within your role you will be required to support staff and pupils throughout the day with various administrative requests, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate qualities of being a team player and will have flexible approach to the role with some understanding of the daily challenges faced by our pupils and staff. A good working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel is essential, and a driving licence is desirable as there maybe a requirement to visit other sites on occasion.


This is a busy but extremely rewarding role, within a friendly team. We offer training and career opportunities, appropriate to your role.

Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!


Oliver House School is an independent specialist school for boys and girls aged 6 to 19 who have mild, moderate and severe autism and associated complex learning needs, behaviours that may challenge and/or associated anxiety.


As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress. 


The successful candidate will be able to adapt to company systems and have a good level of English and Maths to fulfil the role. If you can multitask and enjoy being part of a busy environment and have the following characteristics:


Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Positive working relationships, teamwork and communication play a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.


Organisation –You will need to be confident and organised in general office duties, minute taking and handling student records.


Attentive – No two tasks are the same, so being attentive to greet all visitors, answering telephone calls, booking in appointments, as well as scheduling reviews with other professions.


Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.


If you want to progress your career working in Education, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.


Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

About Oliver House School

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+44 1257 220011

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Oliver House School is a specialist day and residential school for boys and girls aged 6 to 19 who have mild, moderate and severe autistic spectrum conditions and associated learning difficulties. Children may also have challenging behaviour as a result of their difficulties and their lack of social understanding.

Oliver House School delivers the highest level of education and care according to individual need in a safe, positive and structured environment in which every pupil is encouraged to achieve the best possible academic, social and vocational outcomes.

Many of the pupils at Oliver House School may have been out of education for considerable periods of time which is why we make it our aim to encourage our pupils to be happy to attend school on a daily basis, with the help and support of our dedicated team of staff.

Placements can either be on a day, residential or respite basis for up to 52 weeks of the year depending on individual need. All of the young people referred to the school will have a Statement of Special Educational Need. Oliver House School can provide places for up to 40 pupils.

We offer

  • Day placements for primary and secondary pupils
  • 16 to 19 curriculum
  • 38 week and 52 week residential and school provision
  • Respite
  • Post 18 provision

We provide:

  • Short, medium and long-term education and care
  • Outstanding care provision
  • Close working relationships with parents, including training courses and ongoing support
  • A strong ethos of positive behaviour management
  • A belief that all young people can achieve positive outcomes

Our aim is to bring about the best in every young person to enable them to achieve positive experiences and progress according to their own individual abilities.

The desired outcome is for young people to achieve success in accredited qualifications and to gain increased levels of independence to enable them to maximise their strengths, abilities and ambitions. Individual plans and programmes are tailored to individual needs to ensure that every young person is challenged at a speed that is appropriate for them.

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