Meal Time Assistant

Devonport High School for Girls; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Devonport High School For Girls is seeking a diligent lunchtime supervisor to help manage students in the dining areas, ensuring orderly queues, cleaning up and assisting the catering team.

You will monitor student safety, reinforce school guidelines, and report hazards. The role may require First Aid and Food Hygiene training and is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Years 7–11 stay on site; Years 12–13 may be off site during lunch.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 bottleneck.
• Assist catering team as required.
• See that any spillage is removed quickly.
• 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 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.

Skills

Organise students

Supervise students

Communication skills

Think on feet

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervisionof dining areas:

• Prepare and/or reinstate thearea as necessary at the beginning and end of the lunch period.
• Supervisethe lunch queue ensuring that students enter the area in an orderly mannerand according to the school’s guidelines.
• Supervise return of usedcrockery and cutlery by the students.
• Ensure that students leave thetables clean for next occupants.
• Operatethe till as required to relieve any ‘bottle neck’.
• Assistcatering team as required.
• Seethat any spillage is removed quickly.

General:

• Encourage good standard ofbehaviour from students on site at lunch-time.
• Monitor the safety of studentsby walking around the site and buildings. Enter classrooms to checkactivities and behaviour. Years 7 to 11 remain on site during the lunchbreak. Only Years 12 and 13 are allowed off site.
• Alertthe Catering Manager of health and safety hazards.
• Attendto minor accidents and report them immediately to the main school office.
• Ensure litter from packedlunches is placed in litter bins and all cutlery/crockery is returned to thekitchen.
• Ensure the dining room is leftclean and tidy including the floor and table tops.
• Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as withinthe nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post asdefined. Agreed changes of a permanentnature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms.

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

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The post-holder should have:

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

The post-holder should be:

• Well organised
• Calm and positive
• Flexible in approach
• Willingto undertake First Aid and Food Hygiene training (desirable)
• Willingto undertake any other training required

Thepost will be subject to requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act1974, and as it includes access to children, an enhanced Disclosure BarringCheck.