Lunchtime Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Hedge End; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

A local school in Hedge End is seeking a caring and enthusiastic lunchtime assistant to ensure children's happiness and safety during lunch. The role includes supervising pupils, promoting healthy eating, and providing welfare support. Ideal candidates have experience working with children. Opportunities for training and development are offered, alongside a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Excellent CPD opportunities

Generous holiday entitlement

Access to staff benefits portal

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children is desirable.
• Ability to promote healthy eating.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils in dining hall and playground.
• Encourage good behavior during meals.
• Assist with personal hygiene and minor first aid.

Skills

Caring attitude

Ability to work with children

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

WE ARE SEEKING A PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO: WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CARING AND ENTHUSIASTIC LUNCHTIME ASSISTANT WHO ENJOYS WORKING WITH CHILDREN TO ENSURE THEY ARE HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE DURING THIS IMPORTANT TIME OF THE DAY. NOTABLY YOU WILL PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO BUILD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS THROUGH A CONSISTENT AND POSITIVE APPROACH. YOU WILL BE JOINING A SUPPORTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL LUNCHTIME TEAM.

Job/Person Summary

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic lunchtime assistant who enjoys working with children to ensure they are happy, healthy and safe during this important time of the day. Notably you will promote healthy eating and encourage children to build good relationships with their peers through a consistent and positive approach. You will be joining a supportive and professional lunchtime team.

Key Accountabilities

• To supervise pupils in the dining hall, playground, classroom or other areas of the school as directed
• To encourage good behaviour
• To encourage pupils to eat in a socially acceptable manner and to behave sensibly and quietly in the dining area
• To assist with ancillary duties such as clearing up spillages and ensuring that tables are clean and clear
• To encourage children to play and/or interact with each other safely and sociably
• To provide welfare support to the children in the school. This may include undertaking minor first aid duties (if trained) and assisting children with personal hygiene.

At an appropriate level, according to the job role, grade and training received, all employees in the school are expected to:

1. Support the aims, values, mission and ethos of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life.
2. Attend and contribute to staff meetings and INSET days as required and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
3. Take appropriate responsibility for safeguarding and children’s welfare and be aware of confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school and keep confidences appropriately.
4. Be aware of health and safety issues and act in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy

What the school offers its staff

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes
• In-house Teaching School
• An individual induction programme supported by a mentor
• Networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff
• Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
• Free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment (where all conditions are met)
• Opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy
• Access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
• Access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
• Free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members
• Free inhouse clinical psychology provision.

Commitment to safeguarding

SAFEGUARDING: All schools with the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.