Lunchtime Supervisor

Teaching Vacancies; Banbury; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a Lunchtime Supervisor to oversee outdoor play and manage the designated play zone, ensuring playground rules are followed and conflicts are resolved with the Head of School when needed. In addition to supervising lunch periods from 12.15pm to 1.15pm, you will support First Aid trained staff, participate in OPAL Play sessions, and attend termly PD meetings with overtime paid.

This role demands active, positive engagement with children in a safeguarding-focused

Qualifications

• First Aid training is required.
• Experience supervising children during lunchtime.
• Willingness to participate in OPAL activities and PD sessions.

Responsibilities

• Supervise outdoor play area and patrol the lunch zone.
• Encourage games and manage conflicts in line with Play Policy.
• Support eating space safety and hall supervision.
• Attend termly professional development sessions.

Skills

First Aid

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Introduction

The duties of the lunchtime supervisors are to be outside patrolling and managing the given play zone, actively encouraging children to play games, ensuring the playground rules are being followed, preventing disputes or fights, adopting the Play Policy and to deal with issues which arise or contact the Head of School or Deputy Head if this is not possible. The lunchtime supervisors need to be present from 12.15pm to 1.15pm each day.

In line with our Health & Safety audit, this job now has a requirement to be First Aid trained as a member of our support staff. First Aid training will be provided by the school on a three yearly basis, costs incurred by the school, and also for your Car Insurance to include Business Insurance. All lunchtime supervisors will be required to attend termly professional development on OPAL (our Outdoor Learning and Play scheme) as well as meetings/training sessions, of half hour duration, for which overtime will be paid.

The performance of all the duties and responsibilities shown below will be under the reasonable direction of the Head of School, who will be mindful of her duty to ensure that the employee has a reasonable workload and sufficient support to carry out the duties of the post. All sanctions given by lunchtime supervisors will be in accordance with the school’s Behaviour Policy. All lunchtime supervisors should have a copy of our OPAL Play Policy and Play Charter.

Job Purpose

The duties of the lunchtime supervisors outside include patrolling the given area, actively encouraging children to play games, ensuring the playground rules are being followed, preventing disputes or fights, dealing with issues which arise or contacting the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher if this is not possible.

The duties of the lunchtime supervisors inside include ensuring children are eating in a safe space, ensuring children use good manners whilst eating and clear up their space before leaving the hall.

All lunchtime supervisors are to help in the first instance if a child has been in an accident or is hurt. If further first aid is needed the lunchtime supervisor will contact a designated first aider.

All lunchtime supervisors are able to reward good behaviour with stickers.

The lunchtime supervisors will ensure all children go in to the hall to eat their packed lunch promptly when the bell rings for second sitting, and that all children line up promptly when the final bell for the end of lunchtime rings.

Areas of Responsibility

On dry days:

• Two lunchtime supervisors will be in the hall, and the other lunchtime supervisors will be in separate places outside.
• In the hall the duties include helping children with their lunches, stacking chairs, cleaning any spillages.
• The lunchtime supervisors will frequently patrol each of the given classrooms ensuring that all children are in their own classrooms, unless they have a teacher’s permission to be elsewhere.
• The lunchtime supervisors will allow children to take part in any of the activities listed for this purpose and displayed in the classroom.

The lunchtime supervisors will encourage a quiet but enjoyable atmosphere and will encourage children to be actively engaged in an activity either alone or with others.

If working in Early Years, lunchtime supervisors will supervisor the children, either outside or inside, and will line the children up, bring them back into the classroom and read them for a story, prior to the teaching staff returning to the classroom.

What the school offers its staff

• A school with a clear moral purpose and drive for ‘excellence for all our students’
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and development opportunities
• A clear staff well‑being strategy package that includes our confidential Employee Assistance Programme with access for all staff to Face to Face Counselling, Stress Management, 24/7 GP access, Physiotherapy, Menopause Counselling and Support, Men’s Mental Health Wellness, Bereavement Support, Nurse Support Service, Maternity & Paternity Support and Financial Wellbeing Support

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.