After-School Club Assistant: TEACH Poole

Dorset Council; Poole; On-site; GBP 8,600 - 8,800; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Long service awards

Career development within our Trust

Fun, friendly staff environment

Job summary

TEACH Poole – MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST is recruiting an After School Club Assistant at Haymoor Junior School in Poole. The role is 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday 3.00 pm–6.00 pm, term-time only, permanent.

You will support the after-school club across the 4–11 age range, ensuring a safe, welcoming, and well-organised environment. You will help prepare rooms, manage resources and refreshments, and assist the Line Manager with attendance records.

Qualifications

• Experience with 4–11-year-olds and their families; commitment to high-quality childcare.
• Cheerful, flexible, approachable
• Strong communication and administration skills

Responsibilities

• Assist the after-school club with day-to-day operations across the primary age range.
• Prepare rooms and resources; set up materials and refreshments; clear away after sessions.
• Maintain accurate attendance records and support the club's development and safety standards

Skills

Experience with 4–11-year-olds

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Education

Suitable childcare qualification

Job description

About the role

TEACH POOLE – MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Ad Astra Infant School
Haymoor Junior School
Canford Heath Infant School
Canford Heath Junior School

After-School Club Assistant – Haymoor Junior School

15 hours per week
Monday to Friday, 3.00 pm – 6 pm

Grade C (scale point 3 – 4) £25,614 - £26,016 pro-rata
Actual Salary £8,623.03 - £8,758.37 per annum

Permanent
Term time only
Required ASAP

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised and hardworking After School Club Assistant, to join our friendly after-school club team, with the skills to work across the whole primary school age range.

You will assist the after-school club team with the day-to-day operation of the After School Club service for children, ensuring they can develop personally, socially and educationally, in a safe, caring environment.

You will help to prepare rooms and resources and ensure that play equipment, materials and refreshments are set up at the beginning of the sessions and cleared away safely at the end of the session.

You will assist the Line Manager with maintaining accurate attendance records, ensure that children use play equipment correctly and contribute to the continuous development of the club, whilst providing a high standard of care.

If you:

• Have experience of working with 4 – 11-year-olds and their families and a suitable childcare qualification
• Have understanding and commitment to good quality childcare
• Are cheerful, flexible and approachable
• Have energy and enthusiasm and use your own initiative
• Work well in a team
• Have excellent communication and administration skills

We can offer you:

• Fun, friendly and supportive staff who get on well together
• Rights’ Respecting pupils with excellent attitudes to learning and outstanding behaviour
• Long service awards
• Superb opportunities and specialist training for career professional development within our Trust

Closing date: Monday 2nd November 2026
Interviews: TBC

Personal information provided by candidates will be securely filed electronically and password protected, with paper copies locked in filing cabinets in a locked office. They will not be released to third parties outside the school without the consent of the person concerned, except where there is a legal requirement to do so. If the application does not proceed, the data will be securely disposed of after 6 months. Any concerns regarding data gathered in the recruitment process should be directed to the Data Manager – Hayley Hemmings at [e-mail]

These schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicant’s background credentials including an enhanced DBS check. Online searches will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. Suitability to work with children will be explored at interview.

TEACH Poole is committed to Equal Opportunities.