Midday Assistant – St Elizabeth’s School (SEN) £11.44 per hour 11.00am – 2.00pm, Monday – Friday, term time only Much Hadham, Hertfordshire About the role It is an exciting time to join St Elizabeth’s School as we look to grow our offer and increase our admissions for 2025 and beyond. Due to our expansion, we are looking to appoint a reliable, friendly and motivated Midday Assistant to join our hardworking and valued school team. In this role you will assist children during lunchtime and provide playground support and supervision, alongside assisting with the management of the dining hall to enable a calm and enjoyable lunch for our students. You will enjoy working with children and demonstrate organisation, patience and understanding. Experience of working with children in an education environment is preferred, however full training will be given. Visits to our school are most welcome, please call to arrange a suitable time where we look forward to meeting you. Why work for us Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions. Over the past 120 years, St Elizabeth's has grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24-hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists. In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment: Eligible for Blue Light card – discounts on big brands Discounted gym membership Employee recognition scheme Life assurance Free on-site parking Recommend a friend payment up to £500 Confidential employee assistance programme Fully paid for DBS Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution) terms and conditions apply How to apply Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community. Safeguarding St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Registered Charity 1176777 IND001