Welfare Assistant

St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy; West Wick; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, is seeking a calm and confident lunchtime supervisor to support pupils during the school day. You will help secure safety, welfare and good conduct at mealtimes, supervise dinner queues and manage behaviour.

The role involves supervising pupils in the dining hall and playground, preventing pupils from leaving the area, and assisting with setting up and clearing tables as needed. Applicants should be resilient to lunchtime pressures.

Responsibilities

• Control the dinner queue
• Supervise pupils eating their dinners
• Prevent them from taking food outside the dining area
• Control the behaviour of pupils while they eat their meals
• Keep pupils out of classrooms when they should be outside
• Check that groups of pupils do not hang around places that they should not (such as toilets)
• Control the behaviour of pupils in the playground
• Discipline pupils who break the rules
• Deal with accidents in the playground or dining area
• Keep young pupils occupied when they must stay indoors
• Set up/put away tables/chairs following dinner service

Job description

The role is to cover an important part of the school day, so we are seeking a calm and confident individual who is resilient to the pressures of the lunchtime canteen environment.

Job Purpose:

To secure the safety, welfare and good conduct of pupils during lunchtime.

Main Responsibilities:

• - Control the dinner queue;
• - Supervise pupils eating their dinners;
• - Prevent them from taking food outside the dining area;
• - Control the behaviour of pupils while they eat their meals;
• - Keep pupils out of classrooms when they should be outside;
• - Check that groups of pupils do not hang around places that they should not (such as toilets);
• - Control the behaviour of pupils in the playground;
• - Discipline pupils who break the rules;
• - Deal with accidents in the playground or dining area;
• - Keep young pupils occupied when they must stay indoors.
• - Set up/put away tables/chairs following dinner service;