What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to appoint a committed and caring Breakfast and After School Club Assistant to join our outstanding staff team. Our before and after school childcare provision, ‘Peas in the Pod’ has become so popular that we now need more Breakfast and After School Club Assistants to join our team. We are currently advertising for an After School Club Assistant to work from 15:05-18:00 Monday to Friday, but please note that further shifts might become available in the morning 07:25-08:40. Furthermore, we would be willing to appoint as a job share, if we receive applicants that wish to work less than 5 days a week.
We offer wraparound childcare from mornings and evenings, five days a week, term time only, and the successful applicants will be responsible for carrying out all duties involved in delivering the clubs to the children, under the direction of the senior staff. Duties will include serving snacks and/or light meals, setting up and running activities, clearing away at the end of the session and communicating with parents, carers and other school staff to ensure the smooth running of the club.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the main duties outlined in the separate job description. Furthermore, we wish to appoint someone who:
• Is an excellent team worker.
• Is passionate about working with children of all ages and supporting them to achieve independence.
• Can build positive relationships and relate well to a wide range of children and adults.
• Can support our values of respect, kindness, courage, creativity and love and is sympathetic to our Christian foundation.
What the school offers its staff
Malmesbury C of E Primary School is a large vibrant primary school, with a friendly and dynamic team of staff who are dedicated to making learning challenging, exciting, infectious, and fun. We are a compassionate school dedicated to meeting the needs of all pupils and committed to the welfare of our staff. We continually build towards our vision of “Growing together in wisdom and love; discovering life in all its fullness.”
We can offer you:
• A friendly, collaborative environment where all professionals work as a team.
• The chance to work with some wonderful children.
• The opportunity to see if school is a place you would like to work.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Further details about the role
Job Description/Main duties:
To ensure that the health and safety needs of each individual child are met at all times.
To stimulate, encourage and develop children’s play in a positive way, both indoors and outdoors, enabling them to play appropriately and creatively, individually or in groups.
To foster children’s language development and social skills through sustained shared thinking and the use of open ended questioning.
Acknowledge and note individual children’s progress and development and be able to share this with parents and relevant school staff. Report any issues of concern regarding an individual child to relevant school staff as soon as possible.
Attend to the personal, social and emotional needs of individual children, together with any other special requirements and, depending on the nature of a pupil’s special needs, make these part of the play experience wherever possible.
Foster an atmosphere of mutual respect and demonstrate the behavioural, equal opportunities and anti-racist policies of the school/centre effectively at all times by challenging inappropriate behaviour/language.
To support colleagues in all aspects of running the club, including planning and resourcing activities, managing changes to rotas between colleagues and setting up/packing away equipment. To liaise with the School Office regarding sessions booked by parents.
To prepare/serve food and drinks as necessary.
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.