Wrap Around Care Assistant 9 hours a week

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Worcester; On-site; GBP 6,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution seeks a Wrap Around Care Assistant to support children at Blakedown CE Primary School. The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to lead activities for children before and after school. Ideal candidates will have experience in a school setting and demonstrate patience, empathy, and a commitment to safeguarding. This position offers a warm, supportive environment with opportunities for professional development. Additional holiday club work may be available during summer.

Benefits

Warm and welcoming environment

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive team

Qualifications

• Experience working with children in a school setting is desirable.
• Must demonstrate patience and empathy and remain calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food according to hygiene practices when needed.
• Lead activities including arts and crafts and games.
• Ensure all children are included and engaged.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of safeguarding

Behaviour management experience

Ability to lead activities

Job description

Wrap Around Care Assistant

Scale 1 point 2,£5,102.19 per annum

9 hours a week, Tuesday-Thursday 2.30-5.30 p.m.

The governors are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and organised candidate to help support our busy and thriving Busy Bee Wrap Around Care provision at Blakedown CE Primary School. The enthusiastic and dedicated candidate must be passionate about working with children. Previous experience of working with children in a school setting is desirable, and candidates must demonstrate patience and empathy and the ability to remain calm under pressure, as well as relating to children and ensuring they are provided with a range of enjoyable experiences during their time before and after school.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team of dedicated staff to prepare food and provide a safe and stimulating environment, supporting and encouraging creative and imaginative play activities. The ideal candidate is somebody with the right qualities who is keen to learn, who will engage and inspire children through extra-curricular activities and learning outside the classroom and uphold the ethos and values of the school.

The successful candidate may also be required to be involved in a future holiday club over two weeks in the summer break, which would be an extension to the established term time provision and offer additional paid work.

You will have:

Excellent communication skills; an understanding of safeguarding; behaviour management experience; ability to lead all activities planned and suggest activities in the provision.

Job role

• Prepare food (on occasion), according to the menu and with respect to hygiene practices;
• Lead activities including arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor games;
• Be proactive and use initiative;
• Ensure all children are included, engage and support them;
• Maintain positive working relationships with pupils, parents/carers and colleagues;
• Possible additional opportunities to be part of holiday clubs in the future.

We offer

A warm, welcoming environment where the focus is on enjoyment; developing the individual and nurturing a lifelong love of learning; an opportunity to work as part of a highly motivated and supportive team; CPD opportunities in paediatric first aid, safeguarding and food hygiene as well as providing support and input from our experienced and friendly staff.

This is a church school and the candidate should be at ease with the Christian ethos of our school. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. The successful candidate will need to undertake a DBS check, along with other relevant employment checks.

Applications will be only accepted via an application form and not in CV format. Any further enquiries please contact the school office.