Midday Supervisor at Wimborne First School

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

Job summary

An educational institution in Wimborne Minster is seeking a Midday Supervisor to support the lunchtime team. Responsibilities include supervising pupils, ensuring safety, and promoting good dining behavior. Ideal candidates are caring and confident, with good communication skills. The role offers excellent professional development opportunities and a supportive environment with a focus on wellness.

Benefits

CPD opportunities

Teachers' Pension Scheme eligibility

Generous holiday entitlement

Free eye tests

Access to health and wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Must be a good timekeeper.
• Caring and confident when dealing with pupils.
• Ability to work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children in dining areas and playground.
• Ensure children's safety and security.
• Encourage good eating manners.
• Promote good conduct and deal with behavioural issues.
• Assist with cleaning duties.
• Provide welfare support, including first aid.
• Attend staff meetings and contribute to training.

Skills

Good communication

Teamwork

Timekeeping

Confidence with pupils

Organizational skills

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

Further Information

We Can Offer You

• excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes
• in house teaching school
• an individual induction programme supported by a mentor
• networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff
• eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
• free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment, where all conditions are met
• opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy
• access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
• access to a staff benefits portal through Sodexo and Portsmouth payroll
• free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members

How to Apply

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found at Job vacancies | Careers | Hamwic Education Trust | Multi-academy Trust or Wimborne First School & Nursery - Recruitment and return to [email protected].

About Us

HET is a large, fast paced Trust with currently 37 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community based partnerships, there are 34 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school. In this school, awarded ‘Good’ by Ofsted we are seeking to recruit a Midday Supervisor to join our team. Wellbeing is at the heart of our leadership, and we strive for quality teaching and a healthy work/life balance.

‘All about the Child’

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.

‘What about Sam?’

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

Safeguarding

All schools with the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

The Hillary Partnership

The Hillary Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education. We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people. We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders. Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust in order to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.