Midday Assistant at Wareham St Mary CE Primary School

Dorset Council; Wareham; On-site; GBP 4,200 - 4,300; Part time

Job summary

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School is seeking a Midday Assistant to join our lunchtime team. The role involves either serving in the servery and dishwashing or supervising pupils during lunch, while keeping the eating area clean and hygienic.

Ideal candidates will have some experience working with children and be willing to undertake training; a DBS check is required as part of pre-employment checks.

Qualifications

• Basic First Aid training.
• Food Hygiene training.
• Experience working with children in primary schools.

Responsibilities

• Be ready five minutes before lunchtime with the necessary equipment.
• Ensure pupils have clean hands before eating.
• Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour.
• Clean tables, chairs and floor after lunch and return equipment.
• Work with colleagues to cover playground and classrooms during changes.
• Undertake care of pupils during lunchtime and administer simple first aid as required.
• Report any major injury to the Headteacher or Deputy.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Child interaction

Job description

About the role

Midday Assistant

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School

7.5 hours: 1.5hrs a day (Lunchtime) Mon-Fri

Term time only 38 working weeks

Grade 3 SCP 3-4 (£12.85 - £13.05 per hour)

Actual Salary: £4,212- £4,278 per annum pro rata

Permanent starting ASAP

We are looking for a Midday Assistant to join our lunchtime team. They will be responsible for either working in the servery; serving meals and dishwashing or supervising pupils during the lunch break and maintaining a clean and hygienic area in which to eat food. We are looking to recruit for both roles. Ideal candidates should have some experience working with children and a willingness to undertake training.

Please visit the school website for further information about the school Wareham St Mary C of E Primary School - Home or email the school office if you have queries regarding the role [e-mail]

Closing Date: TBC

Interview Date: TBC

Job Purpose & Objectives

Responsible for supervising pupils during the lunch break and maintaining a clean and hygienic area in which to eat food.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

1. Be ready at the classroom / playground five minutes before the lunchtime with the necessary equipment.
2. Ensure pupils have clean hands before eating.
3. Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour.
4. Clean tables, chairs and floor, if necessary, at the end of lunchtime and return equipment to the designated area. This can begin as the children on each table all finish their meal.
5. Work with your colleagues to cover the playground and the classrooms / hall during any changeover.
6. Undertake care of all pupils during the lunchtime period, administering simple first aid as required or advising first aider, clearing up any sickness and circulating among the children in the eating area and playground
7. Keep a check on the inside of the school throughout the lunchtime.
8. Report any major injury to the Headteacher or Deputy.
9. Ensure that no pupil leaves the premises during the lunchtime without permission. Check and challenge any unknown persons on the site.
10. All visitors to the school during the lunchtime should be approached and escorted to the office.
11. Undertake playground duties to supervise pupils in the designated areas.
12. Undertake care of the pupils in the classroom if the weather is wet.
13. If a class is absent from school on a visit any ‘spare’ supervisor will ‘float’ to give extra assistance.
14. One supervisor should be responsible for the locking of the necessary outside doors during the lunch period and the unlocking at the end of the period, if required.
15. After lunch supervisors are to clean up in the kitchen, washing any items used (plates, knives etc.) if there are not enough Kitchen staff.

Additional Information

• It may be necessary for duties and responsibilities other than those outlined and specified to be undertaken at times.

Supervisory / Managerial Responsibility

• Little or no supervisory responsibility other than assisting work familiarisation of peers and new recruits.

Career / Salary Progression

• Professional development of the role is encouraged by the trust and your Line Manager will undertake to arrange this, where possible, on request.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Be aware of who is the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• To strictly follow the school’s policy and procedure for safeguarding children.

Criteria

Qualifications

• Basic First Aid training
• Food Hygiene training

Experience

• Working with children in primary schools

Professional Knowledge

• Able to work constructively as part of a team

Professional skills & abilities

• Ability to work with individuals and small groups of children.
• Willing to undertake training as required
• Satisfactory DBS clearance (will be confirmed as part of pre-employment checks)

Physical skills & abilities

• Ability to work with and control children showing care and understanding
• Able to exert moderate physical effort; crouching or bending when working with pupils and occasional handling of heavy, unusually shaped objects.

Desirable

• Basic Manual Handling training

To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

About Us

As children of God, we are nurturing, responsible and courageous.

Wareham St Mary CE Primary School is a small, Church of England school at the heart of the community on the edge of the Jurassic Coast. We are proud that our vision to be nurturing, responsible and courageous encompasses how we treat one another, how we learn and how we develop into citizens of the world. The school has recently achieved a ‘Good’ SIAMS and a ‘Good’ Oftsed rating. The school is part of Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Trust of sixteen schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.

The school is part of Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Partnership of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best. At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.