Lunchtime Personal Welfare Support Assistant Required to Support a Reception child with EHCP 12 – 1pm (5 days a week. Term Time Only) Immediate Start- NJC Grade 2, £2586.25 Fixed term contract to Friday 18th July 2025- Linked to EHCP Location: Tynsel Parkes CE Primary Academy School Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. ST14 7HE Telephone: 01889 221920 Closing Date: 27th September, 9am Interviews: 3rd October (morning) Age range: 3 – 9 years (Nursery to Year 4) The Principal, and the Local Academy Council of Tynsel Parkes CE Primary Academy, are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Lunchtime Personal Welfare Support Assistant to support a child in our reception class who has an EHCP. The successful candidate will be providing 1:1 support for a child with an EHCP. We want someone with commitment, energy, and a willingness to put the child’s needs first to join us. We are looking for a lunchtime supervisor that loves children, is hard working, committed and works well in a team. The role will include supporting the child with their lunches, personal hygiene and playing lunchtime activities with the child. The successful candidate will be someone who: •Is an outstanding role model •Has high expectations of themselves and the children •Is hardworking and a flexible team player that can be reliable •Is able to communicate with class teachers We can offer: •A warm, welcoming Christian academy •Happy, well-motivated children •A strong commitment to continuous professional development. •A supportive, caring and stimulating working and learning environment •Membership of a thoughtful, caring, supportive and hardworking team Visits to see our wonderful school and view our facilities are encouraged. Please contact the school office on 01889 221290 to arrange a visit, or to ask any further questions about the position. We look forward to receiving your application. To apply for this position please complete a support staff application form, and recruitment and monitoring form available on our website here. Please send completed applications for this position to officetynselparkesacademy.co.uk Tynsel Parkes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children. It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity. A copy of the school’s Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here: Tynsel Parkes' Safeguarding Policy 2023-24 (tynselparkesacademy.co.uk) To comply with Asylum and Immigration legislation you will be required (if appointed) to provide one or more documents from the Immigration Act 2006 - List A and B. You must provide proof of current and valid permission to be in the United Kingdom and valid permission to do the type of work offered. Further information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide