Wraparound Care Assistant

St Mellion Church of England Primary School; Saltash; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

Employee assistance programme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

St Mellion Church of England Primary School is seeking a Wraparound Care Assistant for a term-time, part-time role. You will help provide before- and after-school care, creating a welcoming and safe environment for pupils.

Applicants should be highly organised with experience in planning engaging play activities for children and maintaining safeguarding standards, while engaging positively with parents to support children’s wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Highly organised with strong planning skills.
• Experience in delivering engaging play activities for children.
• Good safeguarding awareness and practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide wraparound care before and after school during term time.
• Create a welcoming, stimulating and safe environment for children.
• Engage positively with parents and carers to support children's wellbeing and development.

Job description

Our 'Bring It!' vision requires us to ensure our pupils are excited by and fully engaged in their learning and school experience more widely. We support them to use their talents to create positive school memories with their friends that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Our aim is to inspire a lifetime of adventure. As a Church of England Trust, we support its vision for education which is deeply Christian, with Jesus' promise of 'life in all its fullness' at its heart.

Are you looking for a rewarding term time only opportunity? We are thrilled to announce that we have a vacancy to provide wraparound care provision and are now seeking a Wraparound Care Assistant to join our friendly team at St Mellion CofE Primary School.

At St Mellion Church of England Primary School, we aim to provide our children with an environment in which they feel safe, can forge life-long friendships and are suitably supported to achieve their full potential holistically. We wholeheartedly believe that our school's vision and ethos helps to lay the foundations for all to develop physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally. As a result of our strong Christian distinctiveness we have seen some of our children want to become agents of change and support local and nationwide causes for the greater good of humanity.

As part of St Barnabas Multi-Academy Trust, we encourage our children to 'Bring It!'. When we discuss Bringing It within school we talk about what we can learn from The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) and how we can bring our talents to school so that we can be the best versions of ourselves to enable us to flourish. This is supported by the Church of England's vision for education to live 'life in all its fullness' (John 10:10). Additionally, we have three core Christian values that are threaded through daily school life and help to remind us God loves us all. Our Christian values of courage, creativity and friendship help all of us (children and adults) to live out our vision through learning and relationships in school.

On a school level, we often refer to our community as a family. This feeds in directly to our school strapline of 'Learning and Caring Together'. We believe that this is underpinned by the Thessalonians 5:11 quote "encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing". This encompasses how our school family works together to ensure that all achieve their fullest potential.

This position offers an opportunity for someone who is highly organised and experienced in planning and delivering engaging play activities for children. As Wraparound Care Assistant, you will provide a welcoming, stimulating and safe environment, be comfortable fostering positive interactions and engagement with parents, and follow our high safeguarding standards.

This is a part-time role, working 2.92 hours per week, the position is term time only working 8am to 8.35am. Please note: This role is essential and as such we will be interviewing as suitable applicants apply. We reserve the right to close this role early should vacancies be filled before the closing date.

In return we offer an great benefits package that consists of:

• Generous local authority pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance programme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement, plus further accrual though length of service
• Ongoing Training and Development opportunities

St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

We do not discriminate against staff based on age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.

St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will have an online search conducted as part of the Trust’s due diligence checks in line with KCSIE.