After School Care Assistant

Summary

What you'll be doing

• Assist with the setting up of Before School Care and After School Care.
• Completion of daily register of pupils attending the Before and/or After School Care.
• Assisting and serving food and beverages appropriate to the time of day (appropriate Food & Hygiene training will be given).
• Maintaining a safe and stimulating play environment and to assist with developing opportunities which encourage children's social, physical, intellectual, creative, and emotional development through play.
• Ensuring that the programme of activities delivered is interesting, valuable, and appropriate to the children using the facilities, by providing a variety of play and learning opportunities and identifying and accommodating changing needs.
• Assisting with administering First Aid should the need arise (appropriate First Aid training will be given).
• Assist with tidying of the classroom or the hall and ensure the secure storage of resources and equipment is used.

Support for the school

• Be aware of and comply with the procedures relating to child protection, food hygiene, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
• Work towards, contribute and support the school vision and the current school objectives outlined by the school.
• Attend and participate in relevant meetings and INSET days as required.
• Always complete all mandatory face-to-face and online training to ensure compliance.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Undertake other duties from time to time as required and outlined by the school.

Essential

What you'll bring

• Good standard of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure, and adapt efficiently to changing circumstances/situations, whilst remaining firm and fair.
• Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with children and adults.
• Good organisational skills.
• Has experience promoting pupil's, emotional development.
• Ability demonstrates strategies for improving behaviour and sustaining high standards of learning and achievement for pupils.
• Good time keeping and punctuality.
• Good attention to details when taking registers to ensure pupil numbers and names are recorded correctly for safety and billing purposes.
• Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection (training will be provided).

Desirable

• Paediatric First Aid training (training will be provided).
• Food & Hygiene training level 2 (training will be provided).
• An NVQ 2/3 qualification in childcare or similar qualifications.
• Ability to demonstrate strategies for improving behaviour and sustaining high standards of learning and achievement for pupils.
• Working experience in a similar environment with children.
• Working flexible working patterns.
• Knowledge of the use of MS Excel required for submitting overtime sheet to Payroll before the deadline each month.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.