Lunchtime Assistant at Larkmead School

Larkmead School; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Free Eye Care Voucher

Cycle to Work Scheme

Blue Light discount card

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Job summary

Larkmead School is seeking a Lunchtime Assistant to support pupils during the lunch break, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment from 12:30 to 2:30pm. This term-time role (38 weeks) is 5 days a week and offers flexible hours between 5 and 10 per week.

You will work with staff to monitor activities, manage behaviour, clear litter, assist with basic first aid, and participate in safeguarding training. A friendly team and opportunities for development are highlighted in the school’s induction

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or students preferred.
• Ability to follow school policies and safeguarding procedures.
• Willingness to attend annual safeguarding training.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils during lunch break and monitor activities.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with staff and pupils.
• Contribute to behaviour management and school security in line with policies.
• Assist with the management of communal areas, including litter collection and bin emptying.
• Follow wet lunchtime procedures and ensure safety during meals.
• Provide basic first aid and refer incidents to designated staff.

Skills

Pupil supervision

First Aid basic

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

About this Role

Larkmead school is seeking to recruit a Lunchtime Assistant to provide support for the social and personal needs of pupils, ensuring that they have a safe and healthy environment during lunchtime break periods at school. This is a term time only position 38 weeks of the year, 5 days per week, for a minimum of 5 hours up to a maximum of 10 hours per week, Monday - Friday from 12:30 - 2:30pm. You will also be required to attend annual safeguarding training during one of our September inset days.

About this Role

• To establish and maintain effective relationships with pupils, monitor and support them during lunch break activities
• To develop and maintain working relationships with other school staff
• To contribute to the management of pupil behaviour and security in line with school policies
• Assist with the management of communal areas, picking up litter and emptying bins
• To follow wet lunchtime procedures
• To administer basic First Aid in the play areas where necessary and refer/report to designated members of staff

Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

We offer:

• an excellent programme of induction and training which seeks to provide an excellent foundation for career progression
• a forward thinking environment which recognises the benefits of considering flexible working patterns
• a friendly, caring, supportive and collaborative team environment
• a professional environment dedicated to Teaching and Learning with a supportive, dedicated and hardworking staff

• Commitment to a positive culture and robust positive behaviour management
• A commitment to recognise previous, continuous service.
• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Eligible for Blue Light discount card
• Free parking
• Free Eye Care Voucher

Larkmead is a schoolwith clear, positive values, which add positive value to our students andstaff. We are a diverse community and greatly value the contribution thatcolleagues from different backgrounds and with different experiences bring to ourschool.

The school reservesthe right to consider and interviews candidates ahead of the closing date ifappropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in thisinstance.

Larkmead School is amember of the Cambrian Learning Trust. Cambrian Learning Trust arecommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and youngpeople and expects all staff and volunteers to share in thiscommitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject toappropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and BarringService (DBS) Enhanced check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject toonline searches for publicly available information. Cambrian LearningTrust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from arange of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools'community.