SEN Placements Admissions Assistant

SEND Placements Admissions Assistant 9367 Permanent Contract 37 hours per week 25583 to 25989 per annum Grade D County Hall Norwich Hybrid

An opportunity has arisen to work in a key education service as part of the SEND Specialist Provision and Funding Placements Team.

The team actively supports the administration of placing and funding those children and young people with Education Health and Care Plans.

As Admissions Assistant your work will include:

• Compilation and distribution of complex agendas which enable the consultation process with schools to operate effectively and efficiently.

• Complex diary management in the arrangement of multiple complex admissions decision-making forums between key local authority officers and the school system overcoming conflicts and enabling alignment with statutory deadlines.

• Maintaining confidential records and an efficient document sharing facility which enables the effective and efficient consultation process to be enacted and which complies with regulations in the sharing of personal and sensitive child level information (i.e. GDPR).

• Minute taking arising from admissions panels and other decision-making forums which captures complex information succinctly and reflects regulatory requirements.

• Administrate the timely communication of admissions decisions to internal teams schools and families.

• Provide support to and complete delegated tasks from the SEND & AP Admissions Officers / Coordinator.

• Ensure excellent safeguarding practice in the service which actively promotes the safety and welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults in line with service policy and procedure.

Before you apply we recommend reading the fullJob Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For further information or a casual chat please contact Nicky Perretta - SEND and AP Placements Manager at or Andy Tovell - Head of Alternative Provision Sufficiency Delivery at .

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time part time remote and hybrid working dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps yousave money on almost anything from everyday groceries and clothes to holidays new technology gym membership trips to the cinema and days out.
  • ABlue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution life assurance death in service payments and dependants pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on ourTerms and Conditionshere.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together make the most of our workspaces enjoy a healthy work-life balance and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work with hybrid working a key feature formany roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 14 January 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 22 January 2026 at 23:55