Midday Support Assistant

Esteem North Academy And Esteem Mat.; Hasland; On-site; GBP 7,800 - 10,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer)

Generous holiday entitlement

Westfield Health membership

Access to National CPD platform

Job summary

Esteem North Academy is seeking an experienced catering professional to ensure lunchtime meal provision for primary pupils. The role involves serving food in classrooms, collecting lunches from nearby venues and minimal on-site food prep.

A car with business use is required for site-to-site duties and there is a strong emphasis on safeguarding pupils with SEND. The role is 15 hours per week (11am-2pm), with the successful candidate expected to work as part of a supportive team and to uphold high

Qualifications

• Experienced and organised catering professional.
• Knowledge and experience with food safety and hygiene protocols.
• Direct contact with children and serving of food in classrooms.

Responsibilities

• Serve meals in classrooms and collect lunches from adjacent schools.
• Adhere to risk assessments and COSHH.
• Support pupils with lunchtime activities including eating, toileting and playing.

Skills

Catering experience

Food safety

Team player

Education

Food hygiene certificate (level 2)

Job description

Mileage claims for any travel from your allocated site during the working day are included in this role. There may be travel to our other academy sites for meetings, Inset and CPD. You are required to have daily access to a car with business use included on your car insurance before you begin the role. For example, you may be required to collect lunches from other venues, or attend training courses at other sites.
Esteem North Academy is looking to recruit an experienced and organised catering professional to join our academy to ensure that our primary aged pupils have meal provision at lunchtime. The post will suit someone who can work as a team player and has knowledge and experience working with food safety and hygiene protocols. This role will involve direct contact with children and serving of food in their classrooms. Meals are to be collected from the adjacent schools and served on site. There is minimal to no food preparation on site. You will need to have a genuine desire to work with pupils with SEND and understand their triggers. The site is small may has approximately 30 pupils on site. We do not have a large school kitchen on site. You will be responsible for adhering to related risk assessments and COSHH. This role is to ensure that we can cater for pupil's welfare throughout lunchtime and will also involve supporting pupils with eating their lunch, toileting and playing.
The role is 15 hours per week, 3 hours per day. Approximately 11am-2pm.
Applicants should ideally have good knowledge and experience of working with disaffected pupils in a school or other alternative setting. An affinity for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties is an essential quality for this challenging but rewarding opportunity. Applicants should have strong mental and physical resilience, have high expectations, and a sense of humour. You must be able to build positive relationships with our pupils and think outside of the box.
Individuals must be willing to contribute fully to the life of the academy and be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer contributions)

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.
• Access to National College CPD platform.