Mid Day Supervisor

St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington; Workington; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington is seeking a midday supervisor to help supervise and control pupils and to support the smooth operation of lunch times and transitions between staff during the school day.

The role includes safeguarding duties, basic first aid, health and safety during breaks, assisting with meals, and supporting pupils with meals while ensuring proper records and procedures are followed.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and control of pupils at appropriate times and transfer of responsibilities between midday staff and teachers.
• Swiftly and effectively address minor problems and infringements of disciplinary rules; report serious issues to a senior member of staff.
• Provide first aid for minor injuries and respond to serious incidents following school procedures.
• Maintain health and safety practices during midday breaks.
• Assist in authorising and managing access for non-pupil or non-staff persons on premises.
• Coordinate with kitchen/dining staff to ensure smooth meal service and supervise pupils during meals.
• Set up and clear away dining tables when required.
• Promote safeguarding and welfare of pupils in line with child protection procedures.
• Actively promote healthy eating and meals service uptake among pupils.

Job description

Principle Accountabilities

Supervision and control of pupils.

Taking responsibility for initiating appropriate strategies.

Main Duties

1. Supervision and control of pupils, including:

Ensuring the supervision of pupils at appropriate times and organising the effective transfer of responsibilities for pupils’ welfare between midday supervisory staff and teachers

Ensuring that all minor problems and infringements of disciplinary rules are dealt with swiftly and effectively, reporting persistent unruly behaviour or more serious breaches of discipline to a senior member of the teaching staff by the process established in the School. Reporting any emergency or serious incident to the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher immediately

Dealing with minor accidents and securing first aid assistance for these and for serious incidents in accordance with the procedure established at the school

Ensuring that health and safety practices and procedures affecting pupils are maintained during the midday break

Assisting where necessary in ensuring that persons on the premises who are not pupils or staff are authorised and appropriately dealt with (in accordance with guidance issued from time to time)

Liaising with kitchen/dining room staff to ensure smooth meal service. Supervising and assisting pupils with their food where necessary. Supporting any school policies regarding meals provision. Where required, assisting with the collection of dinner money, issuing tokens etc. and/or the completion of records/registers of children dining

Setting up and clearing away tables in the dining room if required

2. Child Protection

To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and to follow child protection procedures.

3. Promote Healthy Eating

Actively promote the school meals service to pupils to increase awareness of healthy eating and the uptake of healthy school meals.