Midday Supervisor at Wimborne First School

Dorset Council UK; Wimborne Minster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority in Wimborne Minster is seeking a Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant to join a friendly team. You will supervise children during lunch, ensuring their safety and promoting good behavior. The role requires reliability, good communication, and teamwork. Training for first aid duties will be provided. This is a part-time position working 5 hours per week, term time only.

Qualifications

• Reliable and supportive during lunch periods.
• Must work well in a team with a calm, professional approach.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children in dining areas and playground.
• Ensure children's safety and promote good conduct.
• Assist with cleaning and first aid duties.

Skills

Good communication

Reliability

Teamwork

Calmness

Job description

Overview

Wimborne First School and Nursery currently has a vacancy to join our friendly, hardworking and experienced lunchtime team. Our lunchtime supervisory assistants are required to work 5 hours per week, term time only. You will need to be a good timekeeper, caring and confident when dealing with pupils, a good communicator, a calm organiser and be able to work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• supervise the children in the dining areas, playground, classrooms or other parts of the school premises
• ensure children are safe and secure
• encourage pupils to eat in a socially acceptable manner and to behave sensibly and quietly in the dining area
• be a role model, promoting good conduct and behaviour, and deal with any problems arising from unruly behaviour or other breaches of the schools’ rules, reporting serious issues to senior members of staff
• assist with associated duties e.g. cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are clean, packing tables away, etc
• provide welfare support to the pupils, including undertaking first aid duties, training provided
• make lunchtimes a happy and fun period
• to support the aims, values and policies of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life
• to attend and contribute to regular staff meetings and in service training, and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop
• to be aware of safeguarding and confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school work and to keep confidences appropriately

Qualifications and requirements

You will need to be reliable, a good communicator and able to work well within a team, with a calm and professional approach to supporting pupils during lunch periods.