Breakfast Club Assistant - Maternity Cover 1 year

Lumen Learning Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Lumen Learning Trust is seeking a Breakfast Club Assistant for a 1-year maternity cover role at Riverbridge Primary School. This position involves providing a safe and stimulating environment for children during breakfast hours. The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills, patience, and the ability to support children emotionally. Flexible start times may be accommodated.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of personal and emotional resilience.
• Lots of patience and the capacity to be flexible.

Responsibilities

• Provide a stimulating and caring environment for children.
• Ensure the club is a safe environment and maintain hygiene standards.
• Support children with emotional or behavioral problems.

Skills

Communication skills

Emotional resilience

Patience

Flexibility

Job description

• Breakfast Club Assistant - Maternity Cover 1 year

Breakfast Club Assistant - Maternity Cover 1 year

We are looking to appoint a Breakfast Club Assistant for a 1 year maternity cover, to join our thriving and extremely popular Breakfast Club community, working with an amazing, already established, team of likeminded people, committed to offering first class 'wraparound' care to our Riverbridge children.

There may be some flexibility around start times, please give details on application if you would like to request a variation.

Purpose of the role

To provide a stimulating, creative and caring environment, that enables the children to reach their full potential

To provide full care for the children, including a healthy breakfast, as required

Ensure that the club is a safe environment for children

To ensure that equipment is safe and standards of hygiene are high

Ensure all Health & Safety procedures are implemented at all times

Support children with emotional or behavioural problems and help develop their social skills

Assist in the setting up and putting away of equipment for activities

Administer first aid as appropriate

Support the aims and ethos of the school

Implement all Breakfast Club policies and procedures

About Us

Riverbridge is a three-form entry school which enjoys a diverse catchment, a vibrant community and a strong team spirit. We work collaboratively with other local Nurseries and Schools in different ways and are constantly on the look-out for opportunities to enhance our provision. The Breakfast Club Assistant role is term time Monday – Friday 7.00 a.m. – 9.00 a.m. We are proud to be part of The Lumen Learning Trust, a successful local multi-academy trust, made up of: Saxon Primary School, Shepperton; The Echelford School, Ashford; Walton Oak, Walton-on-Thames; Darley Dene, Addlestone; Ewell Grove Primary & Nursery School, Ewell; and and Riverbridge Primary School.

Professional development is central to our ethos and the successful candidate will gain from a wide range of in-house and external learning opportunities.

We are looking for the right candidates to join our team. In particular we require someone who has:

Good written and verbal communication skills

High level of personal and emotional resilience

Lots of patience and the capacity to be flexible

Ability and confidence to use initiative whilst respecting advice from professionals

Deadline for Applications is: 6th July 2025

Interviews to be held on: 14th July 2025

Safeguarding Statement

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out*), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.

Lumen Learning Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To achieve this, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please note that under safer recruitment practices Lumen Learning Trust cannot accept CVs or letters in place of completed application forms.

We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out*), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.

Lumen Learning Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To achieve this, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please note that under safer recruitment practices Lumen Learning Trust cannot accept CVs or letters in place of completed application forms.

We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.