Senior Supervisory Assistant

Education Authority (Northern Ireland); Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Education Authority (Northern Ireland) in Newtownabbey is seeking a Senior Supervisory Assistant to help supervise children and maintain discipline during the mid-day break, reporting to a designated line manager.

The role requires coordinating supervisory staff, ensuring health and safety, and liaising with the principal on mid-day supervision. A commitment to safeguarding and professional development is essential.

Qualifications

• Evidence of an ability to work flexibly to help ensure safe and supportive child-centred supervision.
• Evidence of effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven effective team working skills
• Evidence of good planning and organising skills to ensure work is completed on time to the required standard

Responsibilities

• To ensure the supervision of children in all areas of the school and grounds in order that health and safety regulations are observed and school discipline is enforced.
• To carry out such direct supervision of children as is necessary.
• To organise and supervise the supervisory staff to ensure the supervision and discipline is as effective as possible.
• To liaise with the principal on all matters relating to mid-day supervision and to convey instructions to supervisory staff.
• To deal with minor problems and accidents and report any serious incident to the principal immediately.
• To oversee the arrangements for the consumption of meals and packed lunches including the supervision of movement of children between classrooms and dining areas where necessary including dining areas outside the school premises and the supervision of queues, seating arrangements, and the circulation of pupils to and from service points; the collection of dinner tickets where appropriate; the distribution of meals within the dining area as appropriate; the completion of ancillary associated duties (eg, cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are cleared and cleaned, removal of litter from all areas used for the consumption of food including packed lunches, etc)

Skills

Flexibility in supervision

Interpersonal communication

Teamwork

Planning and organizing

Job description

SECTION 1 - ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Evidence of experience of working with, or supervising children in a formal environment, i.e. school, nursery or playgroup
• Evidence of experience of supervising staff
• Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

• Willingness to undertake job related training as and when required
• Shortlisting by Application Form

Section 2 - Essential Criteria

Factor: Knowledge

• The requirements of a Senior Supervisory Assistant
• Child Protection and Safeguarding, as relevant to the role
• Health and Safety regulations, as relevant to the role

Skills / Abilities

• Evidence of an ability to work flexibly to help ensure safe and supportive child-centred supervision
• Evidence of effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven effective team working skills
• Evidence of good planning and organising skills to ensure work is completed on time to the required standard

Values Orientation

• Evidence of how your experience and approach to work reflect the schools values/ethos. You will find information about the schools values/ethos on our school website

SECTION 3 - DESIRABLE CRITERIA

Experience

• A minimum of six months experience of working with, or supervising children in a formal environment, i.e. school, nursery or playgroup
• Shortlisting by Application Form

DISCLOSURE OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 defines working directly with children or young people or in specified places as 'regulated activity'.

In the event that you are recommended for appointment to a post that involves 'regulated activity', the Education Authority will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure of Criminal Background. Please note that you WILL be expected to meet the cost of an Enhanced Disclosure Certificate. Details of how to make payment will be sent to you at the pre-employment stage.

Further information can be accessed at NI Direct or the Department of Justice.

The Education Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Senior Supervisory Assistant

REPORTS TO: Designated line manager

JOB PURPOSE: To be responsible to the principal, with the assistance of supervisory assistants as may be employed, for the supervision of children and the maintenance of discipline for the children remaining on the school premises throughout the mid-day break (i.e. the interval between the close of morning school and the re-opening of school in the afternoon.)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To ensure the supervision of children in all areas of the school and grounds in order that health and safety regulations are observed and school discipline is enforced.
• To carry out such direct supervision of children as is necessary.
• To organise and supervise the supervisory staff to ensure the supervision and discipline is as effective as possible.
• To liaise with the principal on all matters relating to mid-day supervision and to convey instructions to supervisory staff.
• To deal with minor problems and accidents and report any serious incident to the principal immediately.
• To oversee the arrangements for the consumption of meals and packed lunches including:
  • the supervision of the movement of children between classrooms and dining areas where necessary including dining areas outside the school premises
  • the supervision of queues, seating arrangements, and the circulation of pupils to and from service points
  • the collection of dinner tickets where appropriate
  • the distribution of meals within the dining area as appropriate
  • the completion of ancillary associated duties (eg, cleaning up spillage's, ensuring tables are cleared and cleaned, removal of litter from all areas used for the consumption of food including packed lunches, etc)

GENERAL CONDITIONS

• Carry out all duties to comply with:
  • the Health and Safety at Work (NI) order 1978
  • Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and Regulations and other legal requirements
  • Codes of Practice
• All duties will be carried out in the working conditions normally inherent in the particular job
• All necessary paperwork must be completed.

Duties will be carried out for jobs up to and including those in the same grade, provided such duties are within the competence of the employee. This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time. In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times.