Mealtime Assistant - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Reach South Academy Trust
Description
Drake Primary Academy, Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Mealtime Assistant to join the School from September 2024.
Post:
Mealtime Assistant
Location:
Drake Primary Academy, Plymouth, PL2 2EN
FTE Salary Range:
NJC Grade A Point 2, £22,366 per annum pro rata
Contract Type:
Permanent, part time, term time only (39 weeks per year)
Contract Hours:6.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday
About the role
Responsible for:
Ensuring the smooth running of the lunch service and supervision of the children during their lunch time
Duties and Responsibilities
- To be responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of pupils during lunchtime.
- Supervise children in designated area, other than playground, during wet weather.
- Comply with policies and procedures relating to Child Protection, Code of Conduct, Confidentiality and Data protection.
- Organise play equipment as necessary.
- Follow the academy's behaviour policy and playtime procedures.
- Undertake playground duty, supervising by circulating amongst children.
- Attend to minor accidents and record any accidents in the accident book.
- Report to Headteacher any untoward circumstances.
- Assist Headteacher as required in order to care for the safety and wellbeing of children and report any concerns or incidents of poor behaviour either to their class teacher or a senior leader if required.
- To be responsible for coordinating play for pupils as directed.
- Report any concerns over the welfare of pupils to a member of the academy's child protection team
Hot Meals and Packed Lunches
- Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour in dining room / sport hall.
- See that drinks are provided and assist in pouring drinks for young children.
- Assist young children in handling knives and forks, and if necessary cut up their food.
- Encourage children to eat the meal provided and encourage them in avoidance of waste.
- Assist young children to choose a balanced meal.
- Supervise the orderly return of empties to a given point.
- Wipe down tables between sittings.
- Clean up spillage of food, water or sickness in dining area during the service of the meal.
You will be responsible for your own health and safety, that of your colleagues and members of the public who may be affected by your work activities.
About the School
Drake Primary Academy finds itself at an exciting time as we continue to develop our curriculum to achieve the best possible outcomes for children.
We pride ourselves on being a warm and friendly school that welcomes visitors and actively encourages a partnership with parents.
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We strive to provide a high quality creative and engaging education within a caring and happy environment where our children thrive.
We believe that education is a lifelong process and that whatever children learn here with us will from the building blocks for the rest of their lives.
We can offer you:
- A hardworking but caring environment where the children thrive.
- Working with children who have a desire to learn and do well.
- Providing you with the opportunity to work alongside other members of the school, our partner school Morice Town Primary and the wider trust staff.
- Access to Reach South Multi Academy Trust's high quality continuous professional development programme.
About the Trust
Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education.
At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.
Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them.
Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.
Next Steps
Interview Date:
Interviews are provisionally booked for **M
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