What skills and experience we're looking for
Brookfields School are looking for a Pupil Welfare Support Worker Assistant to work under the direction and instruction of senior staff. You will be responsible for providing the care of the students during the school lunch break and to undertake personal care. You will be required to work 2 hours a day during the lunchtime period.This is based at Brookfields in Runcorn.
Supervision of Pupils:
• Supervision of students before, during and after the meal, including providing support with feeding programmes
• Supervision of the pupils in the playground area
• Ensuring all pupils have returned to their classrooms at the end of the mid-day break.
• Summoning help, where necessary, in case of injury or illness
• Support to Pupils
• To become aware of pupils’ individual risk assessments and needs, as necessary to the role.
• Supervising pupils whilst they are having a meal and implement feeding programmes under the guidance of the teaching staff or speech therapist as appropriate or assisting pupils to eat their meals as necessary.
• Supporting toilet arrangements and undertaking personal care as appropriate, including changing pupils as needed.
• Engaging with the pupils and organising appropriate games and activities for children, both inside the classroom and on the playground.
Resources:
• Responsibility for ensuring that the dining area is hygienically maintained.
• Help to maintain a safe working environment for pupils and staff by continuously monitoring dining and general circulation areas and taking prompt and effective action to deal with any hazards in accordance with school procedures, including attending to spillages, wiping tabletops, and clearing crockery during meal service.
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
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.