Meal Time Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is supporting a local school in Devon with the recruitment of a Lunch Time Supervisor. The role involves supervising dining areas, assisting with the lunch queue, and helping the catering team to keep areas clean and safe during the school day.

You will monitor student safety, encourage good behaviour, and report hazards to the school office. The post includes a commitment to safeguarding and adapting duties as required to support pupils in Years 7–11 on site at lunch breaks.

Qualifications

• Ability to organise students during lunch breaks.
• Ability to supervise students and ensure their safety.
• Good communication skills – able to talk to students and colleagues.
• Ability to think on their feet.

Responsibilities

• Supervise dining areas and manage the lunch queue.
• Ensure tables and floor are clean after service.
• Operate till to relieve bottlenecks when needed.
• Assist catering team as required.
• Report health and safety hazards to management.
• Attend to minor accidents and liaise with the school office.
• Encourage good behaviour and monitor student safety on site.
• Ensure litter is disposed of properly.

Skills

Organising students

Student supervision

Communication skills

Thinking on feet

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervision of dining areas:

• Prepare and/or reinstate the area as necessary at the beginning and end of the lunch period.
• Supervise the lunch queue ensuring that students enter the area in an orderly manner and according to the school’s guidelines.
• Supervise return of used crockery and cutlery by the students.
• Ensure that students leave the tables clean for next occupants.
• Operate the till as required to relieve any ‘bottle neck’.
• Assist catering team as required.
• See that any spillage is removed quickly.

General:

• Encourage good standard of behaviour from students on site at lunch-time.
• Monitor the safety of students by walking around the site and buildings. Enter classrooms to check activities and behaviour. Years 7 to 11 remain on site during the lunch break. Only Years 12 and 13 are allowed off site.
• Alert the Catering Manager of health and safety hazards.
• Attend to minor accidents and report them immediately to the main school office.
• Ensure litter from packed lunches is placed in litter bins and all cutlery/crockery is returned to the kitchen.
• Ensure the dining room is left clean and tidy including the floor and table tops.
• Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined. Agreed changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms.

The job description outlines the duties required for the time being of this post to indicate the level of commitment and responsibilities expected. It is not a comprehensive or exclusive list and duties may be varied from time to time which does not change the general character of the job or the level of responsibility.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The post-holder should have:

• Ability to organise students
• Ability to supervise students and ensure their safety
• Good communication skills – able to effectively talk to students and colleagues
• Ability to think on their feet

The post-holder should be:

• Calm and positive
• Willing to undertake First Aid and Food Hygiene training (desirable)
• Willing to undertake any other training required

The post will be subject to requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as it includes access to children, an enhanced Disclosure Barring Check.

What the school offers its staff

Our teachers, support staff and Trustees are all committed to the DHSG mission and strive to ensure that it becomes a reality for our students. DHSG has a long tradition of excellence and was founded in 1908. We are proud of our history, but our main focus is looking to the future. We are a 21st century grammar school, whilst retaining the best academic traditions. We look after our staff at DHSG and have systems in place to support and develop our colleagues, including wellbeing. For example, we have an additional week for half term for all staff in October/November, which is paid.

Applicants for this role should be well organised and calm, and be able to think on their feet. Good communication skills are essential as the role involves plenty of interaction with students and colleagues.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.