Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA) - SEN

Watling View School; St Albans; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction programme

Healthcare package

CPD programme

Pension scheme

Car park access

Job summary

Watling View School in St Albans is seeking energetic Midday Supervisory Assistants to support children with severe learning difficulties during lunch. You will help with eating programmes, personal care routines and supervise lunchtime activities.

The post runs 11:30am to 1:30pm, Monday to Friday during term time, with optional overtime via bank staff. Benefits include induction, healthcare package, CPD and pension provisions.

Qualifications

• Energetic and enthusiastic attitude for lunchtime support.
• Experience with special needs children is an advantage but not essential.
• Comfortable following eating programmes and personal care routines.

Responsibilities

• Support children during lunch with eating programmes and personal care.
• Supervise lunchtime play activities and ensure safety.

Skills

Energetic

Enthusiastic

Teamwork

Job description

For ASAP, we require energetic and enthusiastic Midday Supervisory Assistants to work with children who have severe learning difficulties. This role includes working with our children and young people during lunchtime. Duties will involve helping them with eating programmes, personal care routines and supervising lunchtime play activities. Work hours are 11.30am to 1.30pm, Monday to Friday term-time only. Extra hours will be available, for those who want them, through our bank staff. Pay spine H2 - From £13.28 per hour Previous experience with special needs children would be an advantage but not essential.

We are proud of our:

• Extraordinary pupils
• Innovative, dedicated staff
• Excellent support and encouragement from Governors and the Senior Leadership Team
• Varied and superb quality professional development (CPD)
• School community that continually strives to improve
• Ethos of focusing on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all pupils and staff

We will offer you:

• A new starter induction programme
• Membership to Herts Rewards, our employee benefits scheme including discounts and cashback for high street shops and online shopping
• Subscription to our comprehensive Healthcare and Wellbeing package
• A varied and ongoing professional development programme (CPD)
• Extensive sick pay from the 1st day of absence (after 6 months service)
• Generous pension provision
• Various staff social events during the academic year
• Optional Childcare Vouchers scheme
• Opportunity to earn overtime for working at our after school clubs
• Annual appraisal programme
• Annual Occasional Day
• Free on-site car park

Watling View is a Good School (Ofsted, April 2025), catering for the needs of children and young people with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties (2 to 19 years in age). A significant number of our pupils have autism and one in five has Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. We aim to develop and enhance the potential of our pupils through an ethos and philosophy which emphasises that we are all of equal value as members of an interdependent supportive community. Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory clearance of enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, including the barred list, as well as all other pre-appointment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026).