Mealtime Assistant

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust; Okehampton; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work scheme

Tech Scheme

Eyecare Vouchers

Access to Discounts

CPD opportunities

Extensive Health & Wellbeing Package

Long Service Days

On site Parking

Excellent Training Package

Employee Recognition Scheme

Job summary

Okehampton Primary School is recruiting a Mealtime Assistant to supervise and assist children during lunch, ensure safety, and promote positive mealtime behaviour.

The role involves serving lunches, supporting playground duties, and helping create a welcoming environment across Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust schools. DMAT offers extensive benefits and training with a strong safeguarding ethos.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, assist and encourage children with daily meals.
• Undertake playground duties promoting positive relationships and play.
• Serve lunches daily to children.

Job description

• To serve lunches daily to the children
• To ensure that the lunchtime supervision of children is adequately covered.

Data Protection / General Data Protection Regulations Compliance, Purpose: To provide comprehensive training on company policies, procedures, and systems necessary for successful integration into the role. Training Schedule: Daily sessions from 9am to 4pm, with breaks provided. Benefits of Training Week: To gain valuable insights into our company culture and values. Interact with key stakeholders and team members.

Okehampton Primary School are looking to recruit a Mealtime Assistant to ensure that the lunchtime supervision of children is adequately covered. The successful applicant will need to supervise, assist and encourage the children with the daily meals and undertake playground duty promoting positive relationships and play. Our Trust comprises of 19 schools, 3 Colleges, 15 Primaries, and one All Through SEMH Special school. Established in 2018. We are situated in beautiful Devon on the out the outskirts of the stunning Dartmoor National Park. The schools vary in size and are all unique. Our schools are a large part of their local communities, and we value those relationships with families and locals. The Trust was created to enable schools and staff to work closely together in providing the best education possible for our children. We achieve this through meaningful collaboration both within our schools and beyond our Trust to ensure schools are able to secure and sustain improvement. Our work is built on our shared values and an unwavering belief that education improves the life chances for the children in our care. We aim for everyone in our organisation, staff and children, to be the best they can be and are relentless in our ambition to achieve this. We want our children to look back on their school experience with a sense of achievement and joy and we provide a wealth of additional curriculum experiences to enrich their learning. We care deeply about the children in our schools and work with kindness, compassion, manners and respect. By modelling and expecting these behaviours from our children, we aim to grow future citizens who will positively contribute to society, creating a brighter future for our world. Our vision and values are what we build our schools upon, with Ambition, Co-operation & Transformation being at the heart.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

As an established Trust, DMAT can offer a wide range of benefits for our employees:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Access to Discounts
• CPD opportunities
• Extensive Health & Wellbeing Package
• Long Service Days
• On site Parking - In some locations
• Excellent Training Package
• Employee Recognition Scheme

Why choose DMAT? DMAT are an inclusive and forward-looking trust, who seek to nurture our children and employees to be the best they can be.

The Privacy Notice sets our general principles in relation to Data Protection and the General Data Protection Regulations. You should also abide all Trust policies relating to the use of data including but not limited to:

• Acceptable Use Policy
• Records Retention Policy
• Personal Data Breach Procedure
• Employee Code of Conduct
• E-safety Policy
• Social Media Policy
• Use of Personal Devices Policy

You should note that a duty of confidentiality applies to all personal data seen prior to the first day of employment (for example, pupil lists for the purposes of lesson planning or other activities to support teaching and learning). This reflects the custom and practice of those contracts of employment starting on the first day of term while recognising the need to be aware of and plan to support pupil needs.

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS).

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is proud to be an inclusive employer that champions equality, diversity and respect.

We are committed to creating a working environment where everyone feels safe, valued and empowered to succeed.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any form of inappropriate conduct and expect all members of our community to uphold these standards.