Dorset Council UK
Midday Assistant at Wareham St Mary CE Primary School
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Midday Assistant
Wareham St Mary CE Primary School
Hours: 7.5 hours: 1.5hrs a day (Lunchtime) Mon-Fri
Working Weeks: Term time only 38 working weeks
Grade: 3 SCP 3-4 (£12.85 - £13.05 per hour)
Actual Salary: £4,212- £4,278 per annum pro rata
Position Type: Permanent starting ASAP
Job Purpose & Objectives
Responsible for supervising pupils during the lunch break and maintaining a clean and hygienic area in which to eat food.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Be ready at the classroom / playground five minutes before the lunchtime with the necessary equipment.
- Ensure pupils have clean hands before eating.
- Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour.
- Clean tables, chairs and floor, if necessary, at the end of lunchtime and return equipment to the designated area. This can begin as the children on each table all finish their meal.
- Work with your colleagues to cover the playground and the classrooms / hall during any changeover.
- Undertake care of all pupils during the lunchtime period, administering simple first aid as required or advising first aider, clearing up any sickness and circulating among the children in the eating area and playground.
- Keep a check on the inside of the school throughout the lunchtime.
- Report any major injury to the Headteacher or Deputy.
- Ensure that no pupil leaves the premises during the lunchtime without permission. Check and challenge any unknown persons on the site.
- All visitors to the school during the lunchtime should be approached and escorted to the office.
- Undertake playground duties to supervise pupils in the designated areas.
- Undertake care of the pupils in the classroom if the weather is wet.
- If a class is absent from school on a visit any ‘spare’ supervisor will ‘float’ to give extra assistance.
- One supervisor should be responsible for the locking of the necessary outside doors during the lunch period and the unlocking at the end of the period, if required.
- After lunch supervisors are to clean up in the kitchen, washing any items used (plates, knives etc.) if there are not enough Kitchen staff.
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Additional Information
It may be necessary for duties and responsibilities other than those outlined and specified to be undertaken at times.
Supervisory / Managerial Responsibility
Little or no supervisory responsibility other than assisting work familiarisation of peers and new recruits.
Career / Salary Progression
Professional development of the role is encouraged by the trust and your Line Manager will undertake to arrange this, where possible, on request.
Safeguarding Responsibilities
- Be aware of who is the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- To strictly follow the school’s policy and procedure for safeguarding children.
Criteria
Essential
Qualifications
- Basic First Aid training
- Food Hygiene training
Experience
- Working with children in primary schools
Professional Knowledge
- Able to work constructively as part of a team
Professional Skills & Abilities
- Ability to work with individuals and small groups of children.
- Willing to undertake training as required
- Satisfactory DBS clearance (will be confirmed as part of pre-employment checks)
Physical Skills & Abilities
- Ability to work with and control children showing care and understanding
- Able to exert moderate physical effort; crouching or bending when working with pupils and occasional handling of heavy, unusually shaped objects.
- Basic Manual Handling training
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Application Information
To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Contact Information
For further information about the school, please visit the school website: Wareham St Mary C of E Primary School - Home. For queries regarding the role, please email the school office: Wareham.office@coastalpartnership.co.uk.
Closing Date: TBC
Interview Date: TBC
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