Centre Admissions Manager

Location: Ruskin Mill Trust Central Services - Darlington

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Closing Date: 20 October 2024

Salary: Salary Range: £34,712.14 to £39,284.32 per annum (Starting salary will be subject to experience and qualifications)

Specific Hours: 40 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Centre Admissions Manager

Based in Darlington

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Centre Admissions Manager

Salary Range: £34,712.14 to £39,284.32 per annum (Starting salary will be subject to experience and qualifications)

40 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year

The post holder will be responsible for the admissions process and Centre Admissions Manager responsibilities for Clervaux Garden School and Clervaux Rise.

The role of Centre Admissions Manager provides an excellent opportunity to work within a well-established and diverse charitable organisation.  In this role you will manage the entire Admissions process working closely with the provision to ensure that all of the stages from a student’s initial enquiry to offer stage and their eventual transition into one of the Trust’s School, College or post education provisions are conducted in a timely and professional manner.

To succeed in this role, you will:

  • already be working in an educational sector and have proven experience of working in an SEN provision coupled with detailed knowledge of EHCP’s
  • work collaboratively with Senior Management Teams to plan and host open days in order to proactively promote the work of the Trust
  • provide advice and guidance regarding the SEN process in line with the SEN Code of Practice and any changes in legislation that may impact the Special Needs environment.

Clervaux Garden School is an exciting and innovative provision which offers full time education to students from 10-19 years who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties. The school provides an educational experience embedding the RMT Practical Skills Therapeutic Educational curriculum with accredited qualifications.

Clervaux Rise works with adults with learning differences, who have completed their formal education, supporting them on the path of becoming more independent, confident, to gain qualifications and positively contribute to the community.

Clervaux bridges Clow Beck on a 100-acre site near Darlington, farmed for over 800 years. Clervaux Garden School is on a part of the site originally designed as an eco centre, closely connected to the land. Our pupils have opportunities to apply themselves to practical land and craft activities that support the curriculum areas identified in the Independent National School Standards. 

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential. 

Working at Clervaux is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;

  • We provide an in-depth induction programme to enable our new team members to experience the Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
  • Free car parking facilities
  • A beautiful location
  • Lunch provided during term time eaten as a team with the students
  • Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme via Medicash
  • Cycle to work scheme

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

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