Wrap Around Care Worker – Afternoons

shirelandcat; Carlisle; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust invites applications for a Wrap Around Care Worker (Afternoons) at Newfield Park Primary Academy. This part-time role supports the After School Club, providing a safe, stimulating environment for children from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, term time only, totaling 10 hours per week.

You will assist with session planning, sign in/out procedures, liaising with parents, and ensuring children's safety and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Provide a warm, welcoming and stimulating environment for children who attend clubs
• Support the planning of sessions for those children, ensuring there are engaging and age/stage appropriate activities/opportunities to enhance child learning and participation
• Liaise with staff in regard to children’s needs
• Ensuring all children are signed in/out of the service as necessary
• Liaise with parents/carers to ensure all information regarding their child is up to date and relevant information is shared- Completed Registration Forms / Daily Verbal Feedback
• To ensure children’s needs are met, taking into account any individual needs i.e. care/ dietary/ cultural
• Ensuring children are safely taken to/ collected from their appropriate classrooms in order to access the wraparound care
• Ensure children’s safety at all times during all wraparound times- in and out of the classroom
• Provide a safe outdoor environment where children can access a range of opportunities
• Serve food in the appropriate method, in accordance to menu’s and liaise with Business Manager & Afterschool Club Manager.
• Ensure environment is set up/ tidied at the beginning and end of session
• Daily safety check of resources completed
• To ensure that only named adults collect children- unless prior notice is given, and a safeword/ description is gained from main carer
• To undertake any duties that are in line with this role

Job description

POST: Wrap Around Care Worker – Afternoons

GRADE: Band A SCP 3 £25,615.00 per annum (Actual salary £6,044.29)

Hours: 3.30pm – 5.30pm daily - 10 hours per week, term time only

REPORTS TO: Newfield Park Primary Academy Business Manager andNewfield Park Primary Academy Principal

Post Summary

To support the After School Club at Newfield Park Primary Academy. Meeting the needs of individual children adhering to policies as set out by the school.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide a warm, welcoming and stimulating environment for children who attend clubs
• Support the planning of sessions for those children, ensuring there are engaging and age/stage appropriate activities/ opportunities to enhance child learning and participation
• Liaise with staff in regard to children’s needs
• Ensuring all children are signed in/out of the service as necessary
• Liaise with parents/carers to ensure all information regarding their child is up to date and relevant information is shared- Completed Registration Forms / Daily Verbal Feedback
• To ensure children’s needs are met, taking into account any individual needs i.e. care/ dietary/ cultural
• Ensuring children are safely taken to/ collected from their appropriate classrooms in order to access the wraparound care
• Ensure children’s safety at all times during all wraparound times- in and out of the classroom
• Provide a safe outdoor environment where children can access a range of opportunities
• Serve food in the appropriate method, in accordance to menu’s and liaise with Business Manager & Afterschool Club Manager.
• Ensure environment is set up/ tidied at the beginning and end of session
• Daily safety check of resources completed
• To ensure that only named adults collect children- unless prior notice is given, and a safeword/ description is gained from main carer
• To undertake any duties that are in line with this role

Such other duties as may be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the post or to assist the Academy in the fulfilment of its objectives commensurate with the post holder’s salary grade, abilities and aptitudes.

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

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