Breakfast Club Assistant

SAMpeople; Devizes; On-site; GBP 2,500 - 3,000; Part time

Job summary

Dauntsey Academy Primary School in Devizes, Wiltshire, seeks a Breakfast Club Assistant to support before-school care for children. The role involves preparing breakfasts, supervising activities, and promoting children’s development in a safe, welcoming environment.

Strong communication and team skills are essential, with a safeguarding focus throughout the session. The post is part-time (7.5 hours/week, 38 weeks/year) with an emphasis on creating a positive start to each child’s day and

Qualifications

• Experience working with children.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a busy team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve healthy breakfasts.
• Organise activities and supervise children.
• Promote development through interactions and play.
• Maintain cleanliness, food hygiene and safety.

Skills

Experience with children

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

The working hours for this role are expected to be 7.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. The start date for this role is as soon as possible.

We are seeking a caring, enthusiastic and reliable Breakfast Club Assistant to help create a safe, welcoming and engaging environment for children before the start of the school day. The successful candidate will support the day-to-day running of the Breakfast Club, including preparing and serving healthy breakfasts, organising activities and ensuring children are well supervised at all times. Working closely with colleagues, you will help promote children\'s social, emotional, physical and creative development through positive interactions, play and structured activities. You will encourage independence, confidence, inclusion and positive behaviour, while building strong relationships with children and supporting their wellbeing. The role also involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness, food hygiene, health and safety, and safeguarding throughout the session. We are looking for someone with experience working with children, excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team in a busy environment. Above all, you will share our commitment to creating a positive start to every child\'s school day and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, it is important that references are requested and, wherever possible, obtained before the interview. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance states that references should be sought before interview wherever possible and should be scrutinised as part of the recruitment process to help ensure that only suitable individuals are appointed to work with children.

Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date. Your application must include a full employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. If this is not included it may not be possible to consider your application. To comply with safer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered.

This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.

Our family of like-minded schools collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing each school’s distinctive character. We believe all children and young people have the right to a great education and we seek to improve the life chances of all those we serve; it is our mission to give Every Child, Every Chance of success.

Across our Trust, we want our children and young people to be inspired by their learning, and to instil in them a motivation and aspiration to succeed in all they do. Our schools are highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of our children and young people, encouraging and preparing them to do their very best in their learning both within the curriculum and beyond.

High quality teaching is a priority, coupled with strong nurturing support, where adults genuinely care about the wellbeing of the children and young people in their care. It\'s our aim to meet the needs of each child individually and we provide the resources and staff to achieve this. Our dedicated team is committed to providing a wonderfully creative learning environment to fascinate every child. Aspirations for excellence underpin all that we do; our schools are highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of our children and young people.

Children and young people in our schools are happy and safe, motivated to reach their full potential and equipped to become resilient, independent learners. They are prepared to live responsibly and peacefully in the spirit of understanding, and opportunities to develop their creativity, confidence and communication skills are woven into all aspects of school life.

Dauntsey Academy Primary School

Danni Scorgie

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Dauntsey Academy Primary School
Sandfield
West Lavington
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 4HY

EQUA Mead Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Recruitment processes follow Safer Recruitment guidance, and all interviews-regardless of role-will include questions relating to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and complies with the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 0;proteced. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website .

Please note that by applying, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines .

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