About The Role
We are looking to appoint an outstanding Childcare Assistant with energy and enthusiasm and a love for working with young people to join our team. This role is to cover our nursery provision, Monday to Friday from 8.25am-3.40pm and is a wonderful opportunity to join a school within a Trust with great potential, some real strengths and the ability and desire to develop further.
Actual Salary £17,565.61 - £17,856.86 per annum (Grade 3, SCP 3-4) pay award pending.
This job is Term Time Only for 33.75 hours per week and 38.4 weeks per year.
Main job purpose
To support the Nursery Manager/Deputy Manager in providing a safe, secure, and stimulating learning environment.
Main responsibilities and duties
* Carry out planned activities under the direct guidance, direction and supervision of the Nursery Manager/Deputy Manager.
* Be a member of the team providing high quality day care provision and attend meetings as appropriate.
* Assist in contributing to the planning and delivery of a curriculum, which leads towards the meeting of agreed objectives and targets.
* Keep records as directed by the Nursery Manager/Deputy Manager.
* Share responsibility for the care, presentation, display, safety, organisation and appearance of the facilities and equipment.
* Be committed to the principles of equality of opportunity for all.
* Read, discuss, understand and implement all policies.
* Encourage parental involvement and maintain confidentiality.
* Willing to undertake further, relevant training.
* Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the school’s safeguarding and child protection policy.
There may also be an opportunity to work additional hours in our after-school club, supporting our children in our wrap around care provision. This can be discussed further at interview.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
Further Information
Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the School, please do not hesitate to contact the School Office on office@stmarygillingham.dorset.sch.uk or on 01747 824446 who will be happy to arrange this.
SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, 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 be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST 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 have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
This role is UK-based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
About Us
We are part of SAST and are proud to be part of a trust where there is considerable support and collaboration with the other schools and leaders across these schools.
You are warmly encouraged to visit us in advance of applying. When you visit the school, you will notice the:
* Strong Christian ethos
* Friendly and welcoming atmosphere
* Children that are thriving and enjoying learning
* High expectations of all
* Breadth of experiences and opportunities
* Hard working, committed and caring staff
* Strong local community
There are 240 children on roll. The School has a Church of England foundation within the Diocese of Salisbury. The school was judged to be Good when last inspected by Ofsted in February 2023 and Excellent when inspected as a Church School in June 2019. We are an innovative school and continue to strive for the very best for all in our community.
We are excited to be part of SAST. There is real strength in coming together with a collective responsibility for all the children’s development and progress between 0-19 years. We believe in preserving schools in their local community. This means that there will be considerable local expertise to support the school and staff with the chance to make a contribution to wider developments.
At the heart of SAST is the desire to work in partnership, to collaborate with others and to be outward-facing for the benefit of children and staff. The schools have extensive links beyond the immediate area and are keen to extend these further.
We are looking for someone with high expectations, a love of learning, able to inspire and laugh and enjoy the challenges of this role. You need to be a team player; you will go the extra mile to support children and want to continually develop and pick up the best ideas from around the world in education. In return, you will join a School and Trust that is full of activity, opportunity, and optimism.
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