What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about providing children with a safe and structured mealtime where they can eat and play with their friends. If this sounds like you then St Peter’s Primary School, based in Plymouth, are looking for a Mealtime Assistant to join their team. We are looking for a caring individual who can lead play, interact with the children, and undertake the responsibility of supervising and ensuring the safety of the children at all times.
The main duties of the role are:
• Supporting to set up the nursery for lunch
• Supporting children while eating their lunch.
• Supporting play based learning.
• Working with the nursery team to ensure that children have good quality provision during lunchtimes.
• To assist with the well-being of pupils during lunchtime.
• To support the supervision of children during lunch and play, using your initiative to ensure caring quality provision is continuously made.
Experience of working with children is not essential, just the passion to help improve the life chances of children within a school environment whilst being prepared to work inside and outside in all weathers.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tax Free Childcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
Further details about the role
Please submit your application via our Face-Ed application portal:
The details of this vacancy and a link to Face-Ed application portal can be found on our website:
If you have any queries relating to this vacancy, please contact people@stcmat.org.
Please note it is our process to apply for references for shortlisted applicants and to complete online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, for all shortlisted applicants. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.
Please visit the below website for our Trust policies and our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Applicants who meet the criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or veteran status.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.