What skills and experience we're looking for
The role of a Mid Day Assistant is crucial for maintaining a safe and organized environment during lunchtime. In this role, you will be required to:
• Supervising Students During Lunchtime: Ensuring that students are safe and well-behaved while eating lunch in the school hall.
• Playground Supervision: Monitoring students during outdoor playtime after lunch, ensuring they follow school rules, play safely, and resolve any conflicts that arise.
• Ensuring Safety and Well-being: Checking that students are comfortable and healthy, assisting with minor first aid if necessary, and making sure children are properly supervised at all times.
• Supporting Positive Behaviour: Encouraging positive social behaviour, resolving minor conflicts between students, and promoting good manners, fairness, and respect.
Applicants should have:
• Worked with or cared for children.
• Some knowledge of First Aid.
• Basic reading and writing skills
• Ability to count and undertake basic calculations
What the school offers its staff
Belchamp St Paul Primary School offers:
• Friendly, polite and well-behaved children who enjoy learning
• A welcoming school with a friendly and dedicated team
• Support and professional development opportunities
• A happy working environment
Further details about the role
Our school has adopted the ‘Safer Recruitment’ process and successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 6th January 2025. Please get in touch with the school office on 01787 277222, or email admin.belchampstpaul@dcvst.org if you would like to discuss the role further.
Closing date for applications: 6th January 2025. Interview date: 7th January 2025.
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.