Midday Supervisor

Avanti Gardens School; West of England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Avanti Gardens Primary School is seeking a reliable Midday Supervisor to support health, safety and wellbeing of pupils during lunchtime. The role is part time (10 hours per week) and offers a Grade 1 salary pro rata.

You will supervise children in the dining room and play areas, encourage positive behaviour and engage pupils in safe, purposeful play, following the school's safeguarding policies. We value a calm, patient approach, teamwork and dedication to creating a secure, nurturing lunchtime

Qualifications

• Experience supervising pupils during lunchtime is desirable.
• Able to follow the school's safeguarding and behaviour policies.

Responsibilities

• supervise children at lunchtime on school premises.
• Ensure children behave per policy in dining room, playground and wet lunch times.
• Engage children in active, cooperative lunchtime activities.
• Provide first aid or follow policy for injuries per school guidance.

Skills

Teamwork

Child relationships

First aid

Health & safety procedures

Calm & patient

Safeguarding

Job description

Grade: Grade 1, £25,784 per annum, pro rata. Approximately £5,499 per annum (0.21326 FTE)
Please note: This role is part time working 10 hours per week

About The Role

We are seeking a reliable and responsible Midday Supervisor to support the health, safety and wellbeing of pupils at Avanti Gardens Primary School during the lunchtime period.

The successful candidate will help create a positive, inclusive and well-managed environment, encouraging children to make positive choices and engage in purposeful play.

This is an important role within our school community and would suit someone who is committed to safeguarding and enjoys making a positive difference to children’s daily experience.

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’ll encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

What will you do?

• To supervise the children at all times during lunchtime on the school premises.
• Ensure that the children are behaving appropriately in line with the schools’ behaviour policy at all times including the dining room, playground and during wet lunch times.
• Engage with the children and ensure that they are active in purposeful and co-operative behaviour throughout the lunchtime period.
• In the event of any injuries or sickness making sure they are dealt with according to the school’s policy.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• Pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Schemes

What are we looking for?

• Ability to work as part of a team, form good relationships with other colleagues to ensure effective lunchtime supervision
• Ability to form good relationships with children
• Appropriate knowledge of first aid
• To be able to ensure the health and safety of all pupils at all times and following process for reporting incidents
• Ability to stay calm and be patient and understanding when dealing with the children
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.