LUNCHTIME WELFARE ASSISTANT

Lancashire County Council; Burscough; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

Mawdesley St Peter's Church Of England Primary School is seeking a part-time Lunchtime Assistant to join our team. The role runs 6.25 hours per week during term time, from 12:00pm to 1:15pm, Monday to Friday.

You will supervise children in the hall, playground, and classrooms as needed, support structured play activities, and ensure a safe, tidy environment following health and safety and first aid procedures.

Qualifications

• Ability to relate and communicate well with children.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience of working in a school environment or with children.
• Desirable First Aid knowledge or training.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children in the hall during lunch and clear up spillages.
• Supervise children outside in the playground.
• Initiate/suggest/support structured play activities.
• Be responsible for the tidy and safe storage of equipment.
• During wet lunchtimes, supervise the children in their classrooms; deal with accidents following health & safety and first aid procedures.

Skills

Relate to children

Teamwork

Education

First Aid certificate

Job description

Location Mawdesley St Peter's Church Of England Primary School, Hurst Green, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, L40 2QT (76 on roll)

Tel: [phone]

School website: www.mawdesleystpeters.co.uk/

Summary The Governors wish to appoint a LunchtimeAssistant to join our happyschool and make an outstanding contribution to our team. The hours are 6.25perweek - Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fridayfrom 12.00pmto 1.15pm, term time only. We are looking for someone who is reliable, enthusiastic, flexible, responsible and caring with a desire to make the pupils’ lunchtime a happy, safe and fun time. The main duties of the post are to supervise children in the hall eating their lunchand clearing up spillages; supervise children outside in the playground; initiate/suggest/support structured play activities and be responsible for the tidy and safe storage of equipment. During wet lunchtimes, you will supervise the children in their classrooms.You may also need to deal with accidents in the playground or dining area (following procedures for Health & Safety & First Aid).

This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro –rata basis.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Desirable Qualifications

• First Aid (training will be organised through the school if required)

Essential Experience

• Ability to relate and communicate well with children.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a school environment or with children.

Equal Opportunities statement

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.